Table 3.
Overall concordance between culture and PCR/ESI-MS
| Culture result | No. of samples with indicated PLEX-ID BFA result/total no. tested (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |