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. 2019 Feb 19;38(6):1087–1093. doi: 10.1007/s10096-019-03499-x

Table 3.

Culture results at three clinical sites

Cultures Culture positive aCRM results % Culture incorrect
Site no. 1 367 5 8 positive 3/8 = 37.5%
Site no. 2 219 6 8 positive
1 negative
2/8 = 25%
[3/9 = 33.3%]b
Site no. 3 966 24 32 positive 8/32 = 25%
Average 29.1% [31.9%]

aCRM refers to the EIA and four molecular assays of the composite reference methods

bValues in brackets include the one culture false positive