The prevalence of M. tuberculosis was 14%;
the sensitivity of conventional and radiometric culture and direct amplification with probe in acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear-positive was 0.913, 0.978 and 1.0 respectively;
the sensitivity of conventional and radiometric culture and direct amplification with probe acid-fast bacilli smear-negative was 0.75, 0.875 and 0.70 respectively;
the sensitivity of the biochemical testing, HPLC and DNA probes and NAP was 1.0, 0.993, 1.0 and 0.983 respectively;
the sensitivity of conventional and radiometric susceptibility testing for drug-sensitive was 1.0 and 0.987 respectively;
the sensitivity of radiometric susceptibility testing for drug-resistant was 0.885 and 1.0 respectively;
the average time to conventional and radiometric culture isolation for AFB smear-positive was 22.3 and 9.3 days respectively;
the average time to conventional and radiometric culture isolation for AFB smear-negative was 31.8 and 16.8 days respectively;
the average duration of NAP and biochemical test identification for AFB smear-positive was 5 and 11.3 days respectively;
the average duration of NAP and biochemical test identification for AFB smear-negative was 5.7 and 20.9 days respectively;
the average time from initiation of conventional and radiometric susceptibility testing was 19.1 and 6.1 days respectively;
the average duration of therapy for drug-sensitive and multidrug resistant was 180 and 548 days respectively;
the average mortality risk arising from toxicity of the therapy was 0.002.