TABLE 1.
Final diagnosis and latex agglutination and PCR test results for the detection of S. pneumoniae in TNA samples from 95 patients with moderate-to-severe CAPa
| Diagnosis | Total no. of cases | LA and PCR
|
LA only
|
PCR only
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. tested | LA Pos | PCR Pos | Both Pos | No. tested | Pos | No. tested | Pos | ||
| Pneumococcal pneumonia | 25 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Definitive | 19 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Presumptive | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nonpneumococcal pneumonia | 32 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Definitive | 28 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Presumptive | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pneumonia of unknown etiology | 38 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 95 | 82 | 19 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
a
Pos, positive; LA, latex agglutination.