Table 1. Summary of pneumococcal culture, lytA testing, and cmPCR-testing of carriage specimens from children and adults.

	Children NPs (n = 237)	HIV + adult NP/OPs (n = 118)	HIV− adult NP/OPs (n = 40)
No. pneumococcal culture + (%)	202 (85.2)	48 (40.7)	5 (12.5)
No. lytA + (%)	221 (93.2)	105 (89.0)	24 (60.0)
No. cmPCR + (%)	219 (92.4)	116 (98.3)	38 (95.0)
No. lytA− and cmPCR− (%)	14 (5.9)	1 (0.8)	2 (5.0)
cmPCR + , lytA− (%)	2 (0.8)	12 (10.2)	14 (35.0)
pneumococcal culture + , lytA− (%)	0	0	0