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. 2013 May;51(5):1474–1477. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00176-13

Table 3.

Discrepant analysis of the illumigene group A Streptococcus assay compared to standard culture and enriched culture

No. of samples illumigene assay result Standard culture
Enriched culture
PCR result
Result Result typea Result Result type
3 Positive Negative FP Negative FP Negative
13 Positive Negative FP Negative FP Positive
1 Negative Negative TN Positive FN Not tested
1 Negative Negative TN Positive FN Negative
a

FP, false positive; TP, true negative; FN, false negative.