TABLE 2.
Agreement of results among vaginal swab, cervical swab, and urine specimens by TMA and PCR tests for 284 women for whom all three specimen types were tested
| Specimen combination result | Result for the following specimena:
|
No. (%) of specimens positive by:
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaginal swab | Cervical swab | Urine | TMA | PCR | |
| Results for all three specimen types concordant | + | + | + | 16 (5.6) | 18 (6.3) |
| − | − | − | 243 (85.6) | 242 (85.2) | |
| Result for at least one specimen type discordant | + | − | − | 9 (3.2)b | 9 (3.2) |
| + | + | − | 5 (1.8) | 3 (1.1) | |
| + | − | + | 6 (2.1) | 9 (3.2) | |
| − | + | − | 2 (0.7) | 2 (0.7)b | |
| − | + | + | 3 (1.1) | 0 (0) | |
| − | − | + | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4)b | |
| Total no. detected by TMA | 36 | 26 | 25 | 41 | NAc |
| Total no. detected by PCR | 39 | 23 | 28 | NA | 42 |
a
+, positive result for the indicated specimen type by TMA or PCR; −, negative result for the indicated specimen type by TMA or PCR.
b
One of these specimens was from an IPS-negative woman.
c
NA, not applicable.