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Participants with symptoms suggestive of active pulmonary TB from three Chinese hospitals underwent testing with GeneReady, smear microscopy, mycobacterial culture, and Xpert MTB\/RIF (G4) assay. GeneReady demonstrated an analytic limit of detection (LOD) of 23.34 CFU\/mL (95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 16.96\u201343.05). A total of 537 participants meeting the inclusion criteria were included in our analysis. Against a microbiological reference standard, GeneReady had a sensitivity of 92.46% (319\/345, 95% CI: 89.02%\u201394.92%) and a specificity of 96.35% (185\/192, 95% CI: 92.33%\u201398.39%). When stratified by bacterial load, the sensitivity of GeneReady was higher in smear-positive (96.86%) versus smear-negative (87.01%) patients. When compared with Xpert MTB\/RIF (G4), GeneReady showed a positive percent agreement of 94.55% (95% CI: 91.48%\u201396.73%) and a negative percent agreement of 93.24% (95% CI: 88.68%\u201396.11%). To conclude, GeneReady showed diagnostic accuracy comparable to Xpert MTB\/RIF (G4). Its rapid turnaround, lower cost, and ease of use support its potential as an initial diagnostic tool for pulmonary TB in resource-limited settings. Further studies are warranted to evaluate its diagnostic accuracy in clinical settings across different patient populations.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:sec>\n                      <jats:title>IMPORTANCE<\/jats:title>\n                      <jats:p>Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health crisis, hindered by diagnostic gaps in resource-limited settings where high costs restrict access to accurate molecular testing. This study demonstrates that the novel GeneReady MTB assay provides diagnostic accuracy comparable to the widely used Xpert MTB\/RIF (G4) assay, but at a significantly lower cost and with simplified operation. 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