Table 3.
Analysis of samples from various origins by pan-Chlamydiales PCR compared to C. pneumoniae PCR
| Sample type | No. of samples |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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C. pneumoniae (n = 15) |
Pan-Chlamydiales (n = 15) |
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| + | –a | + | – | |
| Nasopharyngeal swab | 1 | 11/0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bronchoalveolar lavage | 0 | 62/1 | 0 | 6 |
| Bronchial aspirate | 0 | 40/2 | 0 | 4 |
| Sputum | 1 | 22/0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 2 | 13 | 2 | 13 |
Superscript numbers indicate the number of positive Mycoplasma pneumoniae samples/the number of positive Legionella pneumophila samples.