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. 2021 Aug 18;59(9):e01123-21. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01123-21

TABLE 3.

Reflex testing performance

Metric No. (%) Pool N1 or N2 CT value of <30, no. (%)
Positive pools with available reflex test data 124 86/124 (69.4)
Pools with complete BinaxNOW deconvolution (all individuals tested by BinaxNOW) 114/124 (91.9) 80/114 (70.2)
True-positive BinaxNOWa 89/114 (78.1) 74/89 (83.1)
False-negative BinaxNOWb 5/114 (4.4) 1/5 (20.0)
Likely false-negative BinaxNOWc 4/114 (3.5) 1/4 (25.0)
Pool PCR result unconfirmedd 12/114 (10.5) 2/12 (16.7)
Unknowne 4/114 (3.5) 2/4 (50.0)
a

Individual in pool tested positive by BinaxNOW (in 88/89 cases, only one positive BinaxNOW result was observed; in 1/89, two were observed [the two individuals were from the same family]).

b

All BinaxNOW results were negative, but an individual in the pool tested positive by reflex PCR.

c

All BinaxNOW results were negative, but an individual in the pool had an inconclusive reflex PCR result (only 1 of 2 PCR targets positive).

d

All BinaxNOW and additional reflex testing results (repeat BinaxNOW testing (n = 4) or PCR testing (n = 8) on all individuals in the pool) were negative, making it impossible to confirm the positive pool PCR result and leaving open the possibility that the PCR result was a false positive.

e

All BinaxNOW results were negative, but additional reflex PCR results were not available.