TABLE III. Relationship between bacilloscopy of slit-skin smear and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) of slit-skin smear or saliva.
Bacteriological index of slit-skin smear | |||||||
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Negative (n = 33) | Positive (n = 12) | ||||||
Variable | FI | % | FI | % | Total (n) | k | |
qPCR of saliva | 0.18 | ||||||
Positive | 10 | 83.3 | 6 | 50 | 16 | ||
Negative | 23 | 69.7 | 6 | 50 | 29 | ||
qPCR of slit-skin | 0.50 | ||||||
Positive | 5 | 15.2 | 8 | 66.7 | 13 | ||
Negative | 28 | 84.8 | 4 | 33.3 | 32 |
FI: simple absolute frequency; k: Cohen's kappa test.