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Table 3 Number of samples positive or negative for RT-PCRs and sequencing

From: Prevalence and detection of Tropheryma whipplei in the stools of Korean patients with diarrhea using real-time PCRs

No. of sample

Initial RT-PCR (16S–23S rRNA ITS)

Follow-up RT-PCR

Sequencing

rpoB

hsp65

Dig15

Positive

Negative

11

P

N

N

N

0

11

9

P

P

P

P

9

0

7

P

N

P

P

7

0

4

P

N

N

P

2

2

1

P

N

P

N

1

0

1

P

P

N

P

1

0

  1. There were 33 samples positive for the initial RT-PCR for the 16S–23S rRNA ITS
  2. ITS intergenic spacer, N negative, P positive, RT-PCR real-time PCR