TABLE 1.
Clinical specimen summary
| Specimen type (no.) | No. of negative results |
No. of positive results |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELITe InGenius | repMp1 PCR | ELITe InGenius | repMp1 PCR | |
| Bronchoalveolar lavage/bronchial wash fluid (45) | 37 | 37 | 8 | 8 |
| Nasal/NP swab (13) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Sputum/endotracheal aspirate (52) | 40 | 38 | 12 | 14 |
| Throat (109) | 44 | 43 | 65 | 66 |
| Miscellaneous/unknowna (4) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Total (223) | 131 | 128 | 92 | 95 |
Miscellaneous/unknown sample types include blood (1), pericardial fluid (2), and unknown swab (1).