Average Examination time of ZN and LED FM methods, related to smear grading.

<p>*1 slide only.</p

Sensitivity and specificity for detection of TB in slides prepared from sputum samples from TB suspects.

<p>*one-sided, 97.5% confidence interval.</p><p>A different grading scheme was used for routine FM and hence grading results were excluded from analysis.</p

User appraisal of LED FM systems.

<p>User appraisal of LED FM systems.</p

Per reader analysis of performance of ZN and LED-based fluorescence microscopy.

<p>*one-sided, 97.5% confidence interval.</p

Intra and inter-reader variability.

<p>Intra-reader variability refers to re-reading of slides by the same reader.</p><p>Inter-reader variability refers to re-reading of slides by a second reader.</p><p>HFP, high false positive; LFP, low false positive; LFN, low false negative; QE, quantification error.</p