Table 2 Percentage of culture and rapid molecular tests among smear-negative tuberculosis patients in 2015 and 2018
2015 | 2018 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of SS–patients | Receiving additional test | No. of SS–patients | Receiving additional test | |||||||
Culture (%) | RMT (%) | RMT & Culture (%) | Total (%) | Culture (%) | RMT (%) | RMT and culture (%) | Total (%) | |||
Zhejiang | 536 | 158 (29.5) | 0 | 0 | 158 (29.5) | 472 | 265 (56.1) | 42 (8.9) | 84 (17.8) | 391 (82.8) |
Jilin | 948 | 306 (32.3) | 0 | 0 | 306 (32.3) | 867 | 303 (34.9) | 90 (10.4) | 359 (41.4) | 752 (86.7) |
Ningxia | 429 | 199 (46.4) | 0 | 0 | 199 (46.4) | 289 | 35 (12.1) | 129 (44.6) | 116 (40.1) | 280 (96.9) |
Total | 1913 | 663 (34.7) | 0 | 0 | 663 (34.7) | 1628 | 603 (37.0) | 261 (16.0) | 559 (34.3) | 1623 (87.4) |