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. 2000 Dec;38(12):4382–4386. doi: 10.1128/jcm.38.12.4382-4386.2000

TABLE 1.

Reference standards

  Reference test that must be positive
 to classify subject as infected (otherwise
   subject is classified as uninfected)
Test evaluated
Standards not using discrepant analysis
 Single-test standards
  Culture+ LCR and PCR
  LCR+ Culture and PCR
  PCR+ Culture and LCR
 Both+ standards
  Culture+ and LCR+ PCR
  Culture+ and PCR+ LCR
  LCR+ and PCR+ Culture
 Either+ standards
  Culture+ or LCR+ PCR
  Culture+ or PCR+ LCR
  LCR+ or PCR+ Culture
 Either+/TMA+ standards
  Culture+, LCR+, or TMA+ PCR
  Culture+, PCR+, or TMA+ LCR
  LCR+, PCR+, or TMA+ Culture
Standards using discrepant analysis
 DA-Culture standard: culture+ or LCR+ and PCR+   Culture, LCR, and PCR
 DA-Any 2+ standard: Culture+ and LCR+, culture+ and PCR+, or LCR+ and PCR+     Culture, LCR, and PCR
 DA-TMA standards
  Culture+ or LCR+, or PCR+  and TMA+   PCR
  Culture+ or PCR+, or LCR+  and TMA+   LCR
  LCR+ or PCR+, or culture+  and TMA+   Culture
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