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Comparison of the results of conventional diagnostic tests and real-time PCR
| Patient population | Conventional test(s) | Result of conventional test | No. of specimens with indicated PCR result for:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSVs
|
IVs
|
PIVs
|
AdVs
|
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| + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | |||
| Children | Culture + DIF | + | 21 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| − | 25 | 134 | 10 | 162 | 3 | 173 | 13 | 161 | ||
| Adults | Culture | + | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| − | 10 | 76 | 16 | 68 | 2 | 84 | 0 | 85 | ||
