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. 2002 Oct;40(10):3596–3601. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3596-3601.2002

TABLE 3.

Intermittent shedding patterns for female participants (days 0 to 21)

Subject and test Result on daya:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Female 01
    LCR, urine
    LCR, vaginab + + +
    Culture +
Female 02
    LCR, urine + + + NS
    LCR, vagina + NS + NS + + +
    Culture +
Female 03
    LCR, urine +
    LCR, vagina + +
    Culture +
Female 04
    LCR, urine + + +
    LCR, vagina + + + +
    Culture +
Female 05
    LCR, urine + + + NS
    LCR, vagina + + + NS
    Culture +
Female 06
    LCR, urine + + NS
    LCR, vagina + +
    Culture +
Female 07
    LCR, urine
    LCR, vagina + + +
    Culture +
Female 08
    LCR, urine + + NS NS NS
    LCR, vagina + + + NS NS NS + +
    Culture +
Female 09
    LCR, urine + +
    LCR, vagina + + +
    Culture +
Female 10
    LCR, urine + + + NS NS
    LCR, vagina + + + + NS NS
    Culture +
Female 11
    LCR, urine
    LCR, vagina + + +
    Culture +
a

+, positive; −, negative; NS, no sample.

b

Vagina refers to a vaginal swab specimen.