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. 2013 Jan;51(1):136–141. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01907-12

Table 3.

Overall concordance between culture and PCR/ESI-MS

Culture result No. of samples with indicated PLEX-ID BFA result/total no. tested (%)
Positive Negative Total
Positive 134 (19.4) 30 (4.3) 164 (23.7)
    Agreement at genus level 109/134 (81.3)
    Agreement at species level 84/134 (62.7)
Negative 243 (35.2) 284 (41.1) 527 (76.3)
    Total 377 (54.6) 314 (45.4) 691 (100)