TABLE 2.
Comparison of culture, IF, and real-time RT-PCR for detection of RSV A and B in 175 clinical specimens
| No. of samples | Resulta
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| Culture | IF | TaqMan PCR
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| RSV A | RSV B | |||
| 5 | + | + | + | − |
| 15 | + | + | − | + |
| 1 | + | − | + | − |
| 4 | − | + | + | − |
| 8 | − | + | − | + |
| 3 | − | − | − | + |
| 139 | − | − | − | − |
+, positive; −, negative. The total numbers positive were as follows: culture, 21; IF, 32; TaqMan PCR, 10 (RSV A) and 26 (RSV B).