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Table 2 Comparison of multiplex-PCR Results between Sputum and OPSs Samples

From: Comparing the yield of oropharyngeal swabs and sputum for detection of 11 common pathogens in hospitalized children with lower respiratory tract infection

  

No. (%) of sputum result

  

Positive

Negative

No. (%) of OPSs result

Positive

360 (81.8)

26 (5.9)

Negative

9 (2.0)

45 (10.2)

  1. P = 0.007 by McNemar’s test
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Virology Journal

ISSN: 1743-422X