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This study evaluated Xpert Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (MTB)\/Rifampicin (RIF) Ultra (Ultra) and mycobacterial cultures in routine clinical care at a tertiary paediatric hospital.Methods:\u00a0Children treated for PTB and who had at least one respiratory specimen investigated by Ultra and mycobacterial culture before tuberculosis (TB) treatment was commenced were included. The findings of this retrospective study were summarised using descriptive and inferential statistics.Results:\u00a0A total of 174 children were included. The median age was 2.5 years. Microcytic anaemia, airway compression, cavitary disease and miliary TB were significantly observed in children with microbiologically confirmed TB (cTB). Tuberculosis was microbiologically confirmed in 93 (53.4%) children. The positive yield from testing the first respiratory specimens was 68\/174 (39.1%) on Ultra and 82\/174 (47.1%) on combined Ultra and mycobacterial culture. In the subset of children (n\u00a0= 70) tested with Ultra on two sequential respiratory specimens, the incremental yield from the second specimen was 30.3%. In the subset of children (n\u00a0= 16) tested with Ultra on three sequential respiratory specimens, the incremental yield from the second and third specimens was 16.7% and 0.0%, respectively. When Ultra and mycobacterial culture results were combined, the incremental yield in children who had two sequential respiratory specimens tested was 24.4% and 3.1% on Ultra and mycobacterial culture, respectively.Conclusion:\u00a0Ultra and mycobacterial culture on a single respiratory specimen resulted in a high microbiological yield. Ultra-testing on a second respiratory specimen increased the yield of microbiologically cTB. 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