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Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Table 4 Comparison of RT-qPCR results between NPS and induced sputum samples at day 3 and day 10

From: Comparable detection of nasopharyngeal swabs and induced sputum specimens for viral nucleic acid detection of suspected novel coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) patients in Fayoum governorate, Egypt

 

Induced Sputum at day 3

Chi-square

P-value

Negative

Positive

N

%

N

%

NPS at day 3

Negative

6

10.0

2

3.3

17.452

0.001 HS

Positive

6

10.0

46

76.7

 

Induced Sputum at day 10

Chi-square

P-value

Negative

Positive

N

%

N

%

NPS at day 10

Negative

30

50

16

26.7

0.885

0.347 NS

Positive

11

18.3

3

5.0

  1. NPS nasopharyngeal swabs, P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant
  2. NS non-significant at p-value > 0.05, HS high-significant
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