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Specificities of the two media on primary plating
| Medium | No. of true-negative results | No. of false-positive results | Specificity (%)a |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAS | 434 | 54b | 88.9 |
| HEA | 383 | 105c | 78.5 |
(Number of true-negative results on the medium/number of negative samples) × 100.
C. albicans, n = 30; P. aeruginosa, n = 23; A. hydrophila, n = 1.
P. mirabilis, n = 88; C. freundii, n = 14; E. coli, n = 2; S. putrefaciens, n = 1.
