Table 2 Clinical laboratory evaluation of PureLyse® sputum sample preparation.

From: Pilot study of a rapid and minimally instrumented sputum sample preparation method for molecular diagnosis of tuberculosis

All Samples

 

Comparator Methodb

 

pos

neg

  

45

24

21

PureLyse® Methoda

pos

22

22

0

neg

23

2

21

Samples of ≥1 mL volume

  

41

20

21

PureLyse® Methoda

pos

20

20

0

neg

21

0

21

  1. aPureLyse® sputum sample preparation of clinical sputum samples,
  2. bsample preparation of clinical sputum samples using the comparator method described by Halse et al.12 followed by qPCR analysis.
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