Table 1: Diagnostic evaluation of SD testing and Rep-PCR.

Mycobacterium species Methods
SD rep-PCR
MTBC 9 10
NTM 6 5
TOTAL 15 15

SD: SD Bioline TB Ag MPT64 Rapid; Rep-PCR: Repetitive Sequence PCR using the DiversiLab System; NTM: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex; MTBC: Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria.