Table 3.
Assessment of Legionella spp. recovery according to culture medium and manufacturer.
| (a) OXOID | (b) XEBIOS | (c) EXPECTED XEBIOS [from (a) with Deming-Stephan Method] |
||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCYEα | BCYEα | BCYEα | ||||||||||
| MWY |
Pos
(n) |
Neg
(n) |
Total |
Pos
(n) |
Neg
(n) |
Total |
Pos
(n) |
Neg
(n) |
Total | |||
|
Pos
(n) |
34 | 18 | 52 |
Pos
(n) |
47 | 15 | 62 |
Pos
(n) |
40.22 | 21.78 | 62 | |
|
Neg
(n) |
10 | 86 | 96 |
Neg
(n) |
2 | 84 | 86 |
Neg
(n) |
8.78 | 77.22 | 86 | |
| Total | 44 | 104 | 148 | Total | 49 | 99 | 148 | Total | 49 | 99 | 148 | |
Pos = positive, Neg = negative Agreement = 81.1%; κ = 0.57 Agreement = 88.5%; κ = 0.757.