TABLE 2.
Comparison of HSV DNA titer detected by TaqMan PCR versus that detected by QC PCR for culture-positive specimensa
| QC PCR titer (log10) | No. of specimens with the following TaqMan PCR titer (log10):
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 1 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 16 | 38 | 57 | 42 | 3 |
a
Titers are given as number of HSV DNA copies per 20 μl of specimen. Boldface indicates samples with the same titer in both assays. A total of 162 specimens were tested.