Fig 1.
Flowchart of patients included in the present analyses.
Flowchart showing study inclusion in baseline (smear examination) and intervention (Xpert MTB/RIF) arm.
Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics in the baseline and intervention arms.
Table 2.
Patients’ treatment outcomes in the baseline and intervention arm, stratified by type of diagnosis.
Table 3.
Characteristics associated with unfavourable outcomes in a multilevel logistic regression model.
Table 4.
Characteristics associated with TB-attributed death in a multilevel logistic regression model.