Table 1.
5-level grading scheme for AFB slides.
Fig 1.
Flow chart of sample processing.
Table 2.
The sensitivity and specificity of microscopist’s smear grading, compared to culture results and the corresponding microscopist’s workload for the three batch categories.
Table 3.
The sensitivity and specificity of TB diagnostic algorithms, compared to culture results and the corresponding microscopist’s workload for the three batches.
Fig 2.
Receiver operating characteristic curve showing the trade-off between sensitivity and specificity of the diagnostic algorithm as the grading cutoff changes for the AO stained concentrated smear microscopy batch.
Table 4.
The matching matrix between results of smear and machine 5-level grading for AO stained direct smears.
Table 5.
The matching matrix between results of smear and machine 5-level grading for ZN stained direct smear batch.
Table 6.
The matching matrix between results of smear and machine 5-level grading for AO stained concentrated smear batch.