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Table 1 S. pneumoniae detection by real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) on nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal specimens and urine antigen test (UAT) among case-patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, April 2014 – August 2015

From: Pneumococcal pneumonia prevalence among adults with severe acute respiratory illness in Thailand - comparison of Bayesian latent class modeling and conventional analysis

 

UAT

Total

Positive

Negative

 

qPCR

Positive

26

85

111 (31%)

Negative

1

241

242

Total

 

27 (8%)

326

353*

  1. *Among 357 cases, four cases did not have UAT test done