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Table 2 assorted bacterial DNA signature analyses.

From: Predicting the sensitivity and specificity of published real-time PCR assays

 

Scope

Year

Target Organism/gene

True Positives

False Positives

False Negatives

Sensitivity

[33]

Species

2004

Neisseria gonorrhoeae1

1

0

0

1.00

[33]

Species

2004

Neisseria gonorrhoeae2

1

0

0

1.00

[34]

Species

2003

Chlamydia pneumonia

4

0

0

1.00

[35]

Species

2007

Borrelia plasmid Ip54

2

0

0

1.00

[12]

Genus

2004

Bacteroides

0

0

9

0.00

[12]

Species

2004

Escherichia coli

25

11

5

0.83

[36]

Species

2005

Ehrlichia chaffeensis

1

0

0

1.00

[12]

Species

2004

Ehrlichia canis

1

0

0

1.00

[11]

Species

2000

Staphylococcus aureaus

9

2

4

0.69

[12]

Species

2004

Haemophilus influenzae

0

0

15

0.00

[12]

Species

2004

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

0

0

7

0.00

[12]

Genus

2004

Acinetobacter spp.

2

0

0

1.00

[12]

Family

2004

Enterobacteriaceae

45

0

42

0.52

[12]

Species

2004

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

0

0

1

0.00