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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jan;32(1):72–77. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318270d850

Table 2.

Bacterial detection by culture, stratified by bacterial density (qPCR)

No. culture positive / No. in density category by qPCR (%)
Bacterial density
by qPCR (
CFU/ml)		 S. pneumoniae H. influenzae S. aureus
0
>0 - 104
>104 - 105
>105 -106
>106 		0/101 (0.0%)
65/131(49.6%)
131/142 (92.3%)
66/66 (100%)
6/6 (100%)		 0/220 (0.0%)
0/2 (0.0%)
1/17 (5.9%)
13/33(39.4%)
69/79 (87.3%)		 0/264 (0.0%)
1/43 (2.3%)
12/89 (13.5%)
18/25 (72.0%)
22/25 (88.0%)
Total 268/446 (60.1%) 83/351 (23.6%) 53/446 (11.9%)