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. 2013 Aug;108(5):572–577. doi: 10.1590/0074-0276108052013006

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
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.