Sensitivity and specificity of tuberculosis signs and symptoms screening and adjunct role of social pathology characteristics in predicting bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis in Myanmar

Table 1 Distribution of bacteriologically confirmed TB detected using chest X-ray abnormality and any tuberculosis signs and symptoms as parallel screening tools

Screening tools		Total (N = 51,367)	Bacteriologically confirmed TB (n)		Bacteriologically confirmed TB (rate per 100,000 population)
Screening tools		Total (N = 51,367)	Positive	Negative
			N = 311	N = 51,056
Chest X-ray abnormality	Any TB signs and symptoms
-	-	28,878	0	28,878^a	0
-	+	11,852	6	11,846	50
+	-	5,555	116	5,439	2,088
+	+	5,082	180	4,902	3,541

^aThose participants were categorized as normal healthy participants without proceeding any TB confirmation test as WHO guideline [23]

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