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. 2021 Feb 18;59(3):e02497-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02497-20

TABLE 6.

C. pneumoniae, L. pneumophila, M. pneumoniae, and P. jirovecii detected or not detected by SoC testing and by Unyvero

Species Study arm No. (%) tested by SoC testing No. (%) not tested by SoC testing No. positive by Unyvero and SoC testing/no. positive by SoC testing PPA (%) (95% CI) No. negative by Unyvero and SoC testing/no. negative by SoC testing NPA (%) (95% CI)
C. pneumoniae Prospective 1 (0.1) 1,015 (99.9) 0/0 1/1 100.0 (20.7–100.0)
Archived 0
Total 0/0
L. pneumophila Prospective 238 (23.4) 778 (76.6) 0/1 0.0 (0.0–79.3) 237/237 100.0 (98.4–100.0)
Archived 19 17/19 89.5 (68.6–97.1)
Total 17/20 85.0 (64.0–94.8)
M. pneumoniae Prospective 28 (2.8) 988 (97.2) 0/0 28/28 100.0 (87.9–100.0)
Archived 6 5/6 83.3 (43.7–97.0)
Total 5/6 83.3 (43.7–97.0)
P. jirovecii Prospective 105 (10.3) 911 (89.7) 5/5 100.0 (56.6–100.0) 99/100a 99.0 (94.6–99.8)
Archived 19 16/19 84.2 (62.4–94.5)
Total 21/24 87.5 (69.0–95.7)
a

For one additionally detected P. jirovecii result, analyte presence was confirmed by PCR/sequencing.