Fig 1.
Flow of specimen collection, processing and testing.
Legend: MGIT, Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube; OM-S, OMNIgene SPUTUM, PBS, Phosphate buffered saline, Xpert* Stool processed by PBS was not tested on Xpert.
Fig 2.
Study profile showing participants included and excluded from the study and total number and outcome of the OM-S stool samples per index test.
Legend: MGIT, Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube; OM-S, OMNIgene SPUTUM, Pos, Positive; Neg, Negative; Cont, Contaminated.
Table 1.
Demographic characteristics between bacteriologically confirmed TB patients and non-TB patients.
Table 2.
Results of stool and sputum samples per test.
Table 3.
Performance of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra, smear microscopy and MGIT and culture [Reference: MGIT-sputum].
Table 4.
Performance of OM-S stool Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra, MGIT, and Smear microscopy among sputum smear negative samples.
Fig 3.
Percentage of positive stool MGIT OM-S culture per stool OM-S smear grade.
Legend: No AFBS = 0 Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB)/30 fields, +1 = 30–299 AFB/30 fields, +2 = 10–100 AFB/field, +3 = >100AFB/Field.