Table 4.
Intertest variability of assays with a target not disclosed by the manufacturer, calculated by standard deviation of the Cq values
Assay | Dilution | Result with IS6110 copy no. of: |
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1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | ||
Goffin MTB | Undiluted | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
1:10,000 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.11 | |
AS | 0.97 | 0.43 | 0.23 | 0.20 | |
Goffin MTB/NTM | Undiluted | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.42 |
1:10,000 | 0.29 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | |
AS | 1.15 | 0.40 | 0.82 | 0.47 |