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Tab 5
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Research Article
Clinical Evaluation of COBAS TaqMan PCR for the Detection of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
and
M. avium
Complex
Table 5
False positive result of COBAS TaqMan PCR and COBAS AMPLICOR PCR.
ā
Tuberculosis
M. avium
M. intracellulare
COBAS TaqMan PCR
6/1568
3/1593
10/1594
FP/total number
(0.38%)
(0.19%)
(0.63%)
COBAS AMPLICOR PCR
11/505
2/512
1/508
FP/total number
(2.18%)
(0.39%)
(0.20%)
FP: false positive.