Table 2.
Specimen type | Total number of specimens | Number of positive specimens | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Culture only | End-point PCR only | Culture and end-point PCR | ||
Nasopharyngeal aspirate | 521 | 3 | 207 | 3 |
Nasopharyngeal swab | 149 | 0 | 50 | 3 |
Tracheal aspirate | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Throat swab | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pernasal swab | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Endotracheal tube swab | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |