Fig 1.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) growth detection using the TB-CX test.
Positive for M.tb growth (red micro-colonies) on clear quadrant (a) and Negative for M.tb growth on clear quadrant (b).
Table 1.
Diagnostic accuracy of the tuberculosis culture (TB-CX) test, Xpert MTB/RIF test compared to the Lӧwenstein Jensen (LJ) culture method.
Table 2.
Comparison of drug susceptibility test results for sputum samples from tuberculosis patients as determined by the tuberculosis culture (TB-CX) and Lӧwenstein Jensen (LJ) indirect proportional DST (n = 70).
Table 3.
Performance characteristics of the tuberculosis culture (TB-CX) test compared to the Lӧwenstein Jensen (LJ) indirect proportional drug susceptibility test (DST) for detection of drug-tesistant M. tuberculosis (M.tb) isolates (n = 70).
Table 4.
Comparison the LJ indirect proportional method (n = 72), the tuberculosis culture (TB-CX) test (n = 70) with Xpert MTB/RIF assay for detection of rifampin drug resistance.
Fig 2.
Drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) detection using the TB-CX test.
RIF resistant, M.tb red colony growth on clear and yellow quadrants (a); MDR-M.tb, M.tb red colony growth on clear, green, and yellow quadrants (b); MDR-M.tb + PZA resistant, M.tb red colony growth on clear, green, yellow, and blue quadrants (c).
Table 5.
Frequency table of tuberculosis culture (TB-CX) Test Turnaround Time (TAT).