TABLE 1.
Distribution of specimen types by QuickVue resulta
| Specimen type | No. (%) of specimens with QuickVue result |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | P valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| True positive | False positive | |||
| Nasal swab | 20 (74.1) | 6 (35.3) | 5.238 (1.441-19.057) | 0.015 |
| NP swab | 1 (3.7) | 0 | ||
| Throat swab | 3 (11.1) | 5 (29.4) | 0.30 (0.067-1.359) | 0.227 |
| Nasal wash | 3 (11.1) | 6 (35.3) | 0.229 (0.053-1.017) | 0.068 |
| Total | 27 | 17 | ||
a
Not included for statistical analysis: one QuickVue true-positive specimen with unspecified source. NP, nasopharyngeal.
b
Fisher exact test, two-tailed.