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. 2014 Mar 21;5(3):155–160. doi: 10.4161/bioe.28599

Table 2. PCR analysis at University Hospital Limericka.

  Annual Monthly
  Mean Min - Max
Total samples tested 15732 1311 2.0‒27
Samples tested for potential STIb only 13338 1112 769‒1148
For Clostridium difficile (toxin)c 1714d 429 415‒447
For Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, VTECc 2680e 670 544‒941

a January–December 2013; discrete clinical samples tested. bSTI: sexually transmitted infection, specifically Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. cIntroduced at UHL in September 2013. dProjected annual total based on 4 mo analysis: 5142. eProjected annual total based on 4 mo analysis: 8040