Tuberculosis (TB) is an unignorable global health issue that claims about 1.4 million lives per annum. The contribution of smear-negative but culture-positive pulmonary TB diagnosis to global TB transmission is around 12.6%. Traditional TB diagnosis via smear microscopy, recognizes cases by detecting a minimum of 5,000 to 10,000 bacilli per milliliter (CFU/ml) of sputum, which…