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. 2016 May 2;82(10):2959–2965. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03873-15

TABLE 3.

Molecular analysis of culture-negative samples

Treatment No. of positive samples/total no. of samples (%)a
qPCR EMA-qPCR
Monochloramine 11/22 (50.0) 0/22 (0.0)
Chlorine dioxide 9/22 (40.9) 0/22 (0.0)
Hydrogen peroxide 10/22 (45.4) 0/22 (0.0)
Hyperthermia 21/22 (95.4) 11/22 (50.0)
a

For qPCR, χ2 = 15.246 and P < 0.005; and for EMA-qPCR, χ2 = 27.957 and P < 0.001.