TABLE 3.
Year | No. of samples | No. of samples positive by:
|
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Culture | Helicobacter-specific PCRa | Campylobacter-specific PCRa | ||
1993 | 14 | 8 | 0/2 | 2/2 |
1994 | 34 | 7 | 1/2 | 2/2 |
1995 | 89 | 41 | 14/39 | 39/39 |
1996 | 36 | 1 | 0/1 | 1/1 |
1997 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | 34 | 7 | 6/7 | 3/7 |
Total | 227 | 64 | 21 | 47 |
Values are number of samples positive per number tested by PCR.