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TABLE 4.

Correlation of conventional PCR and LC-PCR results for 622 bacterial isolates

Target gene	Results with conventional/LC PCR				Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)
Target gene	+/+	−/+	+/−	−/−	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)
stx₁	272	0	0	350	100	100
stx₂	268	0	10^a	344	96	100
eae	360	0	0	262	100	100
E-hly	356	0	0	266	100	100

Ten of 10 stx_2f isolates were not detected by the LC-PCR assay.