Clinical Chemistry 54: 406-413, 2008;
10.1373/clinchem.2007.095414
Table 2. Breakdown of the total number of true positive and negative samples tested for each sample type.
|
Cerebrospinal fluid |
Plasma |
Serum |
Other |
Total |
|
| Positive |
144 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
| Negative |
484 |
133 |
5 |
6 |
628 |
| Total |
628 |
139 |
5 |
6 |
778 |
|
The number of true positives was determined by using sequence analysis as the tiebreaker when there was a discrepancy between the Pan-Enterovirus OligoDetect and real-time assay. "Other" includes these samples: 1 pericardial fluid, 1 tissue, 1 pleural fluid, and 3 of unknown type.
