Diagnosis of Genital Tuberculosis in Infertile Women by Using the Composite Reference Standard

Table 5

Findings of fallopian tube TB suspected infertility patients and clinical assessment of patients on the basis of composite reference standard (CRS) criteria.

Hysterosalpingogram	Clinical assessment of patients(CAP)
	Definitive TB groups	Probable TB groups	Possible TB groups	Non-TB groups	Total
	CRS or GeneXpert or culture	PCR or history + imaging suggestive for FGTB	Imaging suggestive to FGTB	Negative for all tests
Calcifications	—	1	2	1	4
Tubal outline irregular	1	1	2	—	4
Tubal occlusion	2	2	3	1	8
Tubal dilation	2	—	2	—	4
Peritubal adhesion	—	1	2	—	3
Calcifications+ tubal outline irregular	—	1	—	1	2
Calcifications+ tubal outline irregular+ tubal occlusion	—	1	2	—	3
Tubal occlusion+ peritubal adhesion	—	1	1	—	2
Tubal occlusion+ tubal outline irregular	—	—	1	1	2
Tubal occlusion+ calcifications+ peritubal adhesion	—	—	1	—	1
Tubal occlusion+ tubal dilation	1	1	2		4
Tubal outline irregular+ peritubal adhesion		—	1	1	2
Tubal dilation+ calcifications (hydrosalpinx)	—	—	1	1	2
Normal spills	—	1	1	—	2
Total	6	10	21	6	43