Table 3: Correlation Between our Results and the External Quality Control (National Centre for Microbiology, Madrid, Spain) in 23 Samples with Multiple Infections

Patient Types Obtained with our Method (Microarrays) Types Obtained in the External Control
3 6, 16 16
9 6, 16, 18, 33, 58 6, 16, 18, 33, 58 + 39, 42, 62, CP6108
28 16, 70 16, 70 + 45, 62
62 56, 61 56, 61 + 73
65 31, 81 31, 81
70 31, 62 31, 62
75 33, 58 33, 58 + 42
76 16, 51 16, 51 + 35, 45
77 83, 84 83, 84
87 16, 66, 70 16, 66, 70 + 52, 55, 56
93 51, 58 51, 58 + 42
98 18, 31, 51 18, 31, 51 + 42, 55, 62, 73
100 16, 53 16, 53 + 62, 67
106 6, 16, 18, 31, 53 6, 16, 18, 31, 53 + 52
107 51, 52 51
108 16, 33, 58 16, 33, 58+ 51, IS39
116 51, 66 51, 66 + 16, 35, 40, 61, 81, 84
118 16, 51 51, CP6108
120 51, 53 51, 53
121 33, 52, 53 33, 53
130 NO DNA 53, 58, CP6108
131 52, 56 52, 56 + 54
133 51, 53, 66 51, 53, 66 + 42, 56, CP6108

* Note the differences between both methods highlighted in bold.