From: Simultaneous diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy and malignant pleural effusion using metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS)
TB-positive
(N = 82)
TB-negative
(N = 56)
mNGS
+
40
0
−
42
56
NA
Culture
26
46
45
10
11
AFB
1
62
41
14
T-Spot
50
6
13
29
19
21
Xpert
51
2
16