Table 1.
Comparison of bacterial culture and qPCR for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Haemophilus influenzae in nasopharyngeal swabs.
| No. (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. pneumoniae | H. influenzae | S. aureus | |||||||
| Culture (−) |
Culture (+) |
Total | Culture (−) |
Culture (+) |
Total | Culture (−) |
Culture (+) |
Total | |
| qPCR(−) | 101 (22.6%) |
0 (0.0%) |
101 (22.6%) |
220 (62.7%) |
0 (0.0%) |
220 (62.7%) |
264 (59.2%) |
0 (0.0%) |
264 (59.2%) |
| qPCR(+) | 77 (17.3%) |
268 (60.1%) |
345 (77.4%) |
48 (13.7%) |
83 (23.6%) |
131 (37.3%) |
129 (28.9%) |
53 (11.9%) |
182 (40.8%) |
| Total | 178 (39.9%) |
268 (60.1%) |
446 (100.0%) |
268 (76.4%) |
83 (23.6%) |
351 (100.0%) |
393 (88.1%) |
53 (11.9%) |
446 (100.0%) |