TABLE 1.
Comparative results between immunochromatographic methods and combined standard (DFA and/or culture) for RSV
| Test (specimen) and result | No. of specimens with the following RSV combined standard result:
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|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Uninterpretablea | |
| XP (all specimens) | |||
| Positive | 36 (32/4)b | 2 (1/1) | |
| Negative | 12 (11/1) | 110 (60/50) | 10 (3/7) |
| Uninterpretable | 1 (1/0) | 3 (1/2) | 2 (1/1) |
| BN (all specimens) | |||
| Positive | 36 (32/4) | 0 | |
| Negative | 13 (12/1) | 113 (62/51) | 12 (4/8) |
| Uninterpretable | 2 (0/2) | ||
| XP (NPWs) | |||
| Positive | 3 (1/2) | 0 | |
| Negative | 1 (0/1) | 33 (4/29) | 7 (1/6) |
| Uninterpretable | 1 (0/1) | 1 (0/1) | |
| BN (NPWs) | |||
| Positive | 3 (1/2) | 0 | |
| Negative | 1 (0/1) | 33 (4/29) | 8 (1/7) |
| Uninterpretable | 1 (0/1) | ||
| XP (NPAs) | |||
| Positive | 33 (31/2) | 2 (1/1) | |
| Negative | 11 (11/0) | 77 (56/21) | 3 (2/1) |
| Uninterpretable | 1 (1/0) | 2 (1/1) | 1 (1/0) |
| BN (NPAs) | |||
| Positive | 33 (31/2) | 0 | |
| Negative | 12 (12/0) | 80 (58/22) | 4 (3/1) |
| Uninterpretable | 1 (0/1) | ||
a
Uninterpretable DFA and negative tissue culture results.
b
Numbers in parentheses indicate number of specimens for pediatric population/number of specimens for adult population.