Diagnostic Yield of Fluorescence and Ziehl-Neelsen Staining Techniques in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Comparative Study in a District Health Facility

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:4.77em"/><col style="width:4.92em"/><col style="width:5.13em"/><col style="width:3.85em"/><col style="width:4.45em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">ZN</td><td class="align_center" colspan="2">Fluorescence</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">Kappa</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="2">P-value</td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_center">Positive</td><td class="align_center">Negative</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Positive</td><td class="align_center">46 (64.8)</td><td class="align_center">1 (0.8)</td><td class="align_center">0.680</td><td class="align_center">p≤0.001</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Negative</td><td class="align_center">25 (35.2)</td><td class="align_center">128 (99.2)</td><td class="align_center"> </td><td class="align_center"> </td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>Data is represented in raw figures and percentages. P-value is statistically significant if p &lt; 0.05 as compared between FM and ZN.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Comparison of diagnostic performance of fluorescence staining to ZN staining.</div>

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Table 3: Diagnostic Yield of Fluorescence and Ziehl-Neelsen Staining Techniques in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Comparative Study in a District Health Facility 

Table 3 | Diagnostic Yield of Fluorescence and Ziehl-Neelsen Staining Techniques in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Comparative Study in a District Health Facility 