DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.10.3.492-494.2003
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- TABLE 1.
Discordant OD and T:N values for serum and urine samples from 20 patients
Sample OD value for: T:N value for urine samplea Discordant results (serum/urine) Serum sample Urine sample 1 1.869 0.085 1.16a +/− 2 0.771 0.101 1.13a +/− 3 0.665 0.051 0.57 +/− 4 0.339 0.068 0.77 +/− 5 1.603 0.090 0.71 +/− 6 0.488 0.094 0.74 +/− 7 0.554 0.098 0.77 +/− 8 0.696 0.089 0.70 +/− 9 1.089 0.122 0.97a +/− 10 0.525 0.105 1.1a +/− 11 0.29 0.14 1.05a +/− 12 1.61 0.11 0.84 +/− 13 0.360 0.093 1.13a +/− 14 0.113 0.698 9.56 −/+ 15 0.091 0.111 1.52 −/+ 16 0.079 1.556 21.32 −/+ 17 0.141 0.415 5.68 −/+ 18 0.082 0.099 1.37 −/+ 19 0.078 0.182 2.49 −/+ 20 0.15 0.31 2.46 −/+ ↵a T:N result localized in the “gray gone” (i.e., inconclusive).
- TABLE 2.
T:N values for urine samples stored at 4 and −70°C
Urine sample T:N value for urine sample at: Time zero 1 mo 2 mo 3 mo 6 mo 4°C −70°C 4°C −70°C 4°C −70°C 4°C −70°C 1 4.8 3.3 3.91 5.29 4.51 4.8 3.15 3.2 3.7 2 2.5 3.51 1.62 4.6 2.49 3.9 1.75 1a 2.9 3 5.6 4.84 4.53 5.31 6.05 5.8 5.47 5 6.8 4 5.03 3.38 2.83 3.16 3.78 2.9 2.5 3.5 3.2 5 5.8 4.21 3.85 5.11 4.53 6.4 4.6 1.7 4.0 6 6.7 3.46 4.2 5.21 6.18 4.7 4.9 7 5.0 7 6.8 4.8 4.29 4.41 5.67 6.04 3.3 5 6.5 8 3.1 2.47 2.12 3.68 2.74 2.8 1.5 4.2 7.5 9 5.9 4.68 4.69 6.01 6.36 5.7 5.9 7.5 9.2 10 6.2 4.6 4.57 5.89 6.11 6.8 6.03 0.7a 2.1 11 4.8 3.24 3.29 4.42 4.47 4.5 3.5 0.9a 1.4 12 3.6 2.84 2.39 3.6 4.23 3.3 2.1 6.5 7.0 13 3.09 1.92 1.76 2.5 2.66 2.3 1.8 0.6a 1.9 14 2.5 2.5 2.59 3.15 2.43 2.23 3.12 2.5 3.4 15 6.03 6.03 8.5 1.21 5.37 0.75 8.9 0.6a 3.3 16 7.47 7.47 7.19 4.13 5.2 4.07 7.72 4.2 8.2 Median 5.00 3.95 3.90 4.23 4.55 4.19 4.14 3.38 4.76 SD 1.46 1.42 1.73 1.31 1.21 1.65 2.09 1.85 2.35 ↵a Sample tested negative after being stored for 6 months at 4°C.
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