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. 2013 May 7;2013:324136. doi: 10.1155/2013/324136

Table 2.

Number of positive cases which detected from different specimens.

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