TABLE 4.

Comparison of real-time TaqMan PCR and virus culture on different clinical specimens

Patient group	Clinical specimen	No. of enterovirus-positive samples/ total no.
		Virus culture	Real-time TaqMan PCR
Neonates with sepsis	Feces	9/41	10/41
	Serum or plasma	NDa	8/39
	CSF	3/8	4/8
Hematologic cancer patients with pneumonia	BAL fluid	0/43	2/43
	NT swab	0/17	1/17

^aND, not determined.