Table 4.

Sensitivity and Specificity Using Pure Cultures

		Conventional		HybProbe		TaqMan		SYBR Green		LUX
No. of cultures	Stx genotype	stx1	stx2	stx1	stx2	stx1	stx2	stx1	stx2	stx1	stx2
7	Negative	0/7	0/7	0/7	0/7	0/7	0/7	0/7	0/7	0/7	0/7
21	stx1	21/21	0/21	20/21	0/21	21/21	0/21	20/21	0/21	21/21	0/21
14	stx1/stx2	14/14	14/14	14/14	14/14	14/14	14/14	14/14	13/14	14/14	14/14
22	stx2	0/22	22/22	0/22	22/22	0/22	22/22	0/22	16/22	0/22	22/22
Sensitivity, %		100	100	97	100	100	100	97	81	100	100
Specificity, %		100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100