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Table 1 qPCR detection of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae in clinical samples

From: Potential use of serum based quantitative real-time PCR for the detection of pneumonia pathogens in a densely colonised population

  

S. pneumoniae

 

H. influenzae

 
 

N

qPCR Positive

Cells/ml (median)

qPCR Positive

Cells/ml (median)

Serum

39

0

-

0

-

NPS

30

27 (22 b)

1.01×106 a

25 (24 b)

6.61×105 a

  1. aFor S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) are 5.53×105–6.99×106 and 6.93×105–3.46×106, respectively. 95% CI are percentile bootstrap estimates. Statistical analysis was done using Stata IC Version 11 (StataCorp, USA).
  2. bNumber positive by culture