Treated prior to receipt of PCR result | Treated after receipt of PCR result | Total | |||
Continued | Stopped | Started | Not started | ||
Definite TB | |||||
PCR positive | 52 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 60 |
PCR negative | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Not TB | |||||
PCR positive | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1# | 1 |
PCR negative | 9¶ | 1+ | 2¶ | 68 | 80 |
#: lung abscess; ¶: nontuberculous mycobacteria; +: sarcoidosis.