TABLE 1.
Comparison of the results obtained by the rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and the IPP RT-PCR assay taken as reference standard on cerebrospinal fluids for the diagnosis of Neisseria meningitidis infection
| RDT result | No. of samples with PCR result: |
Total no. of samples | |
|---|---|---|---|
| + | − | ||
| + | 305 | 14 | 319 |
| − | 24 | 212 | 236 |
| Total | 329 | 226 | 555 |