TABLE 2.
pp67 NASBA results compared to antigenemia assay and cell culture results
| Test | Result | No. of test samplesb | No. (%) of test samples with indicated result by pp67 NASBA
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |||
| Antigenemia assay | Positive | 32 | 18 (56) | 14 (44) |
| Negative | 141 | 7 (5) | 134 (95) | |
| No result | 315 | 11 (4) | 304 (96) | |
| Cell culturea | Positive | 36 | 16 (44) | 20 (56) |
| Negative | 422 | 19 (5) | 403 (95) | |
| No result | 30 | 1 (3) | 29 (97) | |
a
DEAFF and CPE results were combined.
b
The total number of test samples was 488 (1 sample was invalid for NASBA).