Table 2.
Detection and identification of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae in MEF samples from children with AOM
| ME samples | N | mPCR | MLST (mPCR positive) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Positive | Negative | Typeable | Nontypeable | ||
| For Spn | |||||
| culture-positive | 10 | 100% (10/10) | 100% (0/10) | 100% (10/10) | 100% (0/10) |
| culture-negative | 63 | 38% (24/63) | 62% (39/63) | 25% (6/24) | 75% (18/24) |
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| For Hflu | |||||
| culture-positive | 10 | 100% (10/10) | 100% (0/10) | 100% (10/10) | 100% (0/10) |
| culture-negative | 50 | 24% (12/50) | 76% (38/50) | 25% (4/12) | 75% (8/12) |