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Diagnostic yields of SSMAC test tubes by sampling site
| Sampling site (no. of samples) | No. of SSMAC test tubes with indicated result
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| True positive | False positive | True negative | False negative | Inter- mediate | |
| Bronchial aspirate (329) | 5 | 314 | 9 | 1 | |
| Nares (314) | 9 | 1 | 300 | 1 | 3 |
| Oropharynx (334) | 24 | 3 | 295 | 4 | 8 |
| Groin (207) | 1 | 4 | 197 | 1 | 4 |
| Axilla (205) | 1 | 1 | 200 | 3 | |
| Hair (211) | 1 | 210 | |||
| Rectum (314) | 7 | 6 | 293 | 3 | 5 |
| Total (1,914) | 48 | 15 | 1,809 | 18 | 24 |
