Table 2.
Association between viral culture results, immune status of the patients, Ct values, and days from symptom onset to time of viral culture.
| Negative viral culture |
Positive viral culture |
Total | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (%) of patients | ||||
| Immunocompromised | 6 (85.7%) | 1 (14.3%) | 7 (100.0%) | 0.559 |
| Immunocompetent | 4 (66.7%) | 2 (33.3%) | 6 (100.0%) | |
| Total | 10 (76.9%) | 3 (23.1%) | 13 (100.0%) | |
| Days from symptom onset to time of viral culture (mean ± SD) | ||||
| Immunocompromised | 15.8 ± 6.2 | 16.0 ± 0 | 15.9 ± 5.6 | >0.99 |
| Immunocompetent | 17.8 ± 6.7 | 9.0 ± 2.8 | 14.8 ± 7.0 | 0.133 |
| Total | 16.6 ± 6.1 | 11.3 ± 4.5 | 15.4 ± 6.0 | 0.161 |
| Ct values compared to viral culture results (mean ± SD) | ||||
| Immunocompromised | 20.5 ± 5.3 | 21.1 ± 0 | 20.6 ± 4.8 | >0.99 |
| Immunocompetent | 20.5 ± 4.8 | 14.1 ± 1.7 | 18.4 ± 5.0 | 0.133 |
| Total | 20.5 ± 4.8 | 16.4 ± 4.2 | 19.6 ± 4.8 | 0.287 |
SD, standard deviation.