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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2010 Dec 3;75(2):239–244. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.11.008

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)

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)

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)