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Table 1 Summary of results for the evaluation of the ProPneumo-1 multiplex real-time PCR assay

From: Verification of the ProPneumo-1 assay for the simultaneous detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydophila pneumoniae in clinical respiratory specimens

 

C. pneumoniae

M. pneumoniae

 

Monoplex

ProPneumo-1

Culture

ProPneumo-1

Positive specimens

11

14

42

41

Negative specimens

47

43

46

48

Total

58

57

88

89

  1. Note: The ProPneumo-1 assay detected 3 positive M. pneumoniae specimens in the C. pneumoniae-negative pool and 2 positive C. pneumoniae specimens in the M. pneumoniae-negative pool. Accordingly, 57 and 89 specimens were resolved for C. pneumoniae and M. pneumoniae, respectively by the ProPneumo-1 assay compared to 58 and 88 by the Monoplex assay and culture, respectively. The total number of specimens tested remains 146.