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. 2020 Jul 23;58(8):e00926-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00926-20

TABLE 3.

Specimens with discrepant test results

Specimen ID Specimen source Xpert result Comparator result; method Result of additional testing
2 NPS Negative Inconclusive (N1 or N3 detected; unknown CT value); Quest SARS-CoV-2 Negative (CDC 2019-nCoV real-time RT-PCR diagnostic panel)
RUO3695 TA Positive (E CT, 40.6; N2 CT, 40.1) Negative; New York SARS-CoV-2 Negative (SARS-CoV-2 assay [Panther Fusion system]; Hologic)
RUO4152 NPS/OPS Presumptive positive (E CT, 40.6) Negative; New York SARS-CoV-2 Negative (SARS-CoV-2 assay [Panther Fusion system]; Hologic)
M207300204 NPS/OPS Positive (N2 CT, 40.6) Negative; Charité Virology RdRp Positive (E gene RT-PCR; CT, 36.6) (Roche)
M207300207 NPS/OPS Positive (E CT, 33.7; N2 CT, 37.6) Negative; Charité Virology RdRp Positive (E gene RT-PCR; CT, 34.3) (Roche)
M207300219 NPS/OPS Positive (N2 CT, 40.1) Negative; Charité Virology RdRp Positive (E gene RT-PCR; CT, 36.9) (Roche)
M207300223 NPS/OPS Positive (E CT, 35.7; N2 CT, 38.3) Negative; Charité Virology RdRp Negative (E gene RT-PCR) (Roche)
M207300259 NPS Positive (RdRp CT, 31.7; E CT, 33.2; N2 CT, 28.9) Negative; Charité Virology RdRp Positive (E gene RT-PCR; CT, 37.1) (Roche)
M207300260 NPS/OPS Positive (RdRp CT, 33.2; E CT, 35.6; N2 CT, 28.6) Negative; Charité Virology RdRp Positive (E gene RT-PCR; CT, 33.1) (Roche)
M207300261 NPS Positive (RdRp CT, 36.8; E CT, 34.6; N2 CT, 28.6) Negative; Charité Virology RdRp Positive (E gene RT-PCR; CT, 33.6) (Roche)
M207300262 NPS/OPS Positive (RdRp CT, 35.0; E CT, 35.3; N2 CT, 28.5) Negative; Charité Virology RdRp Positive (E gene RT-PCR; CT, 29.5) (Roche)
M207300263 NPS/OPS Positive (N2 CT, 28.5) Negative; Charité Virology RdRp Positive (E gene RT-PCR; CT, 36.5) (Roche)