Assessment of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Using Gene Xpert MTB/RIF Assay and Fluorescent Microscopy and Its Risk Factors at Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 3

Prevalence of Gene Xpert MTB/RIF assay and LED-FM confirmed EPTB patients at Dessie Referral Hospital, from March 1 to June 30, 2017.

Sample type	Total	Gene Xpert MTB/RIF assay		χ2	LED- FM		χ2
	n()	Negative; n(%)	Positive; n(%)	p-value	positive; n(%)	negative; n(%)	p-value
CSF	184(52.1)	174 (94.6)	10 (5.4)	15.457; 0.001	6(3.3)	178 (96.7)	2.799; 0.424
Peritoneal fluid	45(12.7)	42(93.3)	3(6.7)		0(0)	45(100)
Pleural fluid	109(30.9)	96 (88.1)	13(11.9)		2(1.8)	107 (98.2)
LNA	15(4.3)	10 (66.7)	5 (33.3)		1(6.7)	14 (93.3)
Total		322(91.22)	31(8.78)		9(2.5)	344(97.5)

CSF: cerebrospinal fluid; LNA: lymph node aspirate.