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Authors’ Contributions
Conceptualization: Singh BK, Sharma R, Soneja M. Methodology: Singh BK, Sharma R, Soneja M, Jorwal P. Formal analysis: Singh BK, Sharma R. Software: Singh BK, Sharma R. Validation: Singh BK, Sharma R, Soneja M, Ramachandran R, Nischal N, Biswas A, Sarin S, Wig N. Investigation: Singh BK, Sharma R, Soneja M, Jorwal P, Nischal N. Writing - original draft preparation: Singh BK, Sharma R. Writing - review and editing: Soneja M, Kodan P, Nischal N, Biswas A, Sarin S, Wig N. Approval of final manuscript: all authors.
Values are presented as number (%).
Culture contamination (n=46/1,614, 2.8% [smear-positive, 24; smear-negative, 22]) and Smear-negative with culture-negative specimens (n=228/1,614, 14.1%) were excluded from study. All smear-positive specimens were directly processed for LPA while, smear-negative specimens were processed for LPA only after culture came positive.
TUB: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; LPA: line probe assay.
Binit Kumar Singh
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9065-999X
Manish Soneja
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8619-7929