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. 2013 Sep;51(9):2939–2942. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01087-13

Table 1.

Performance of the BNSA test

Results for Staphylococcus aureusa (no. of isolates) BNSA test results (no. of isolates)b
Positive Negative
Positive (96) 92 4
Negative (223) 1 222
a

Confirmed by latex agglutination.

b

Sensitivity, 95.8%; specificity, 99.6%.