Table 3.
Discordant NAAT-positive and MAMEF assay-negative results
| Sample no. | Test results for: |
Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAATa | Combined assayb | 16S rRNA assay | Cryptic plasmid assay | ||
| POCC 4222 | + | − | − | − | Retested: cryptic plasmid assay-positive |
| POCC 4228 | + | − | − | − | |
| POCC H003 | + | − | − | − | |
| POCC H005 | + | − | − | − | |
| POCC H011 | + | − | − | + | |
| POCC H018 | + | − | − | − | |
| POCC H046 | + | − | + | − | |
| POCC H122 | + | − | − | + | |
| POCC H126 | + | − | − | + | |
| POCC H135 | + | − | − | − | Retested: cryptic plasmid assay-positive |
| POCC H137 | + | − | − | − | |
| POCC H154 | + | − | − | + | |
a
Gen-Probe or ProbeTec assay.
b
Combined results for the 16S rRNA- and cryptic plasmid-based MAMEF assays.