Table 3 Performance and contamination of BACTEC MGIT 960 and LJ methods along with smear status at EPHI/NTRL since 2015
MGIT | LJ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | Contaminated | Total | Positive | Negative | Contaminated | Total | |
Smear positive | 97 (87.4%) | 13 (11.7%) | 1 (0.9%) | 111 (100%) | 74 (66.7%) | 33 (29.7%) | 4 (3.6%) | 111 (100%) |
Smear negative | 139 (17.4%) | 521 (65.4%) | 137 (17.2%) | 797 (100%) | 108 (13.6%) | 609 (76.4%) | 80 (10%) | 797 (100%) |