TABLE 3.
Comparison of Gen-Probe Group A Strep Direct Test results with culture
| Investigators (reference) | No. tested | Prevalence | % Culture sensitivity | GASDTc
|
Swab type (sterilization method)b | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Sensitivity | % Specificity | |||||
| Heiter and Bourbeau (25) | 1,103 | 22.9 | 98.8 | 92.4 | 99.6 | Rayon w. Stuarts (EtO) |
| Pokorski et al. (34) | 767 | 11.9 | 96.7 | 88.6 | 97.8 | Rayon w. Stuarts (EtO) |
| Dunne et al.a | 1,140 | 24.0 | 100.0 | 92.0 | 98.0 | Rayon w. Stuarts (EtO) |
| Heelan et al. (24) | 318 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 91.4 | 97.0 | Rayon w. Stuarts (EtO) |
| Chapin et al. (7) | 520 | 33.0 | 99.4 | 94.8 | 100.0 | Dacron w. Amies (gamma) |
a
W. M. Dunne, M. Jevon, C. Mohla, and J. M. Campos, Abstr. 93rd Annu. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol. 1993, abstr. C-340, p. 506, 1993.
b
EtO, ethylene oxide; gamma, gamma irradiation. w., with.
c
GASDT, Group A Strep Direct Test.