TABLE 2.
Bacterial strains used for determining the specificity of the mynA PCR assay
| Organism (s) | No. (%) of isolates:
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|---|---|---|---|
| Tested | Positive | Negative | |
| N. meningitidis serogroup A | 43 | 43 (100) | |
| N. meningitidis serogroup B | 8 | 8 (100) | |
| N. meningitidis serogroup C | 8 | 8 (100) | |
| N. meningitidis serogroup Y | 4 | 4 (100) | |
| N. meningitidis serogroup W135 | 4 | 4 (100) | |
| N. meningitidis serogroup Z1 | 2 | 2 (100) | |
| N. meningitidis serogroup X | 4 | 4 (100) | |
| N. lactamica | 8 | 8 (100) | |
| N. mucosa | 1 | 1 (100) | |
| Moraxella spp. | 8 | 8 (100) | |
| Neisseria gonorrhoeae | 8 | 8 (100) | |
| Escherichia coli | 5 | 5 (100) | |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 5 | 5 (100) | |
| H. influenzae | 2 | 2 (100) | |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | 8 | 8 (100) | |
| Group B streptococci | 2 | 2 (100) | |
| Total | 120 | 43 (100) | 77 (100) |