3.5 Summary of bacteriological examinations
Table 3.1 - Summary of bacteriological examinations3,6,10,21,22
Sensitivity AFB/ml | Median turn-around time | Additional turn-around time with DST | |
Smear microscopy | > 5 000 | 2 hours | |
Culture solid medium | +/- 100 | 16 days (smear+) | 6 weeks |
Culture liquid medium | +/- 10 | 8 days (smear+) | 2 weeks (smear+) |
Culture microcolonies | +/- 10 | 14 days | 0 (H and R) |
LPA | Only on positive smear | 1 day (direct testing) | 0 (H and R) |
Automated real-time PCR | +/-10 | 2 hours | 0 (R only) |