Table 1 Relative test performance of two commercia1 assays for MTB complex detection in formalin-fixed parafinized biopsy specimens.
Result | Methodology | |
|---|---|---|
|  | artus® M. tuberculosis TM PCR | Seeplex™ TB Detection-2 assay |
% (#) inhibited negative* specimens (n = 35) | 29 (10) | 6 (2) |
% (#) total negative* specimens with resolved inhibition (n = 35) | 97 (34) | 100 (35) |
% (#) inhibited positive* specimens (n = 21) | 24 (5) | 0 (0) |
% (#) total positive* specimens with resolved inhibition (n = 21) | 76 (16) | 95 (20) |