Table 1 Concordance between qPCR and Fluidigm for the detection of common nasopharyngeal pathogens in PCV-vaccinated, HIV-uninfected children.

From: Performance of the Biomark HD real-time qPCR System (Fluidigm) for the detection of nasopharyngeal bacterial pathogens and Streptococcus pneumoniae typing

Bacterial Target

qPCR

Fluidigm

P-value

Concordance (kappa)

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

S. pneumoniae

244(72.8)

246(73.4)

0.16

0.98

98.8

100

H. influenzae

230(68.7)

232(69.3)

0.32

0.97

98.7

99

M. catarrhalis

189(56.4)

192(57.3)

0.08

0.98

98.4

100

S. aureus

57(17)

55(16.4)

0.16

0.98

100

99.3

S. pyogenes

11(3.3)

12(3.6)

0.32

0.96

91.7

100

N. meningitidis

3(0.9)

5(1.5)

0.16

0.75

91.7

100