Table 2.
Comparison of ICS test and CAD kit results in the mouse pneumonia model
| Test resulta | No. of results on day: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICS test |
CAD kit |
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| 2 (n = 10)b | 4 (n = 8) | 7 (n = 3) | 2 (n = 10) | 4 (n = 8) | 7 (n = 3) | |
| − | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ± | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| + | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
a
The performances of the ICS test and CAD kit in urine were evaluated at days 2, 4, and 7 after infection of CBA/JN mice with S. pneumoniae at 106 CFU/ml. +, positive; −, negative; ±, low-intensity lines that might be weakly positive (a faint line in comparison with the control line) or negative.
b
n, number of mice tested.