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Table 3 Concordance between point-of-care Gram stain and CSF culture results

From: Point-of-care cerebrospinal fluid Gram stain for the management of acute meningitis in adults: a retrospective observational study

 

CSF culture

GPC

GNR

GPR

Negative

Point-of-care Gram stain

 GPC

23

0

0

1

 GNR

1

7

0

0

 GPR

0

0

0

0

 Negative

1(Sp)

1(Hi)

1(Lm)

87

  1. CSF cerebrospinal fluid, GNR Gram-negative rod, GPC Gram-positive coccus, GPR Gram-positive rod, Hi Haemophilus influenzae, Lm Listeria monocytogenes, Sp Streptococcus pneumoniae
  2. Kappa coefficient 0.903 (95% CI 0.887–0.906)
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

ISSN: 1476-0711

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