Short-term implications of Xpert MTB/RIF on patient management; Xpert-positive compared to Xpert-negative TB cases.

*Time-to-TB treatment is defined as the time interval between date of inclusion and TB treatment start date (11 patients who never initiated TB treatment excluded).Patients with clinically diagnosed TB (without bacteriological confirmation) and patients with positive results on lymph node aspirates (but without positive results in sputum) excluded.

结核治疗启动时长（Time-to-TB treatment）定义为研究对象入组日期与结核治疗启动日期之间的时间间隔，本研究排除11例未启动结核治疗的患者。同时排除经临床诊断为结核病（Tuberculosis，简称TB）但未获得细菌学证实的患者，以及淋巴结抽吸液检测呈阳性但痰液检测结果为阴性的患者。