Table 1.

Percentages of samples that were fur-mite positive (+) or negative (–) by each test at each time point

	Mean % (95% confidence interval)
	PCR+ and tape test+	PCR– and tape test–	PCR+ and tape test–	PCR– and tape test+
Day 1 (pretreatment)	97.2% (85.5% to 99.9%)	0	2.8% (0.1% to 14.5%)	0
Week 6	40.5% (24.8% to 57.9%)	16.2% (8.4% to 28.7%)	10.8% (3.0% to 25.4%)	32.4% (19.6% to 48.7%)
Week 12	29.0% (14.2% to 48.0%)	19.4% (7.5% to 37.5%)	22.6% (10.0% to 41.1%)	29.0% (14.2% to 48.0%)