Rapid detection of intestinal pathogens in fecal samples by an improved reverse dot blot method

Table 4 Comparison between the improved RDB and culture

Intestinal pathogen	RDB (+)/culture (+)	RDB (+)/culture (-)	RDB (-)/culture (+)
S. aureus	52	13	12
V. cholerae	4	3	5
Shigella spp.	51	3	3
E. coli O157:H7	28	2	2
V. parahaemolyticus	158	16	11
Salmonella spp.	36	5	3
Y. enterocolitica	3	4	4
L. monocytogenes	4	1	2
B. cereus	3	0	1
C. perfringens	2	0	1
S. aureus and Shigella spp.	2	2	0
S. aureus and Salmonella spp.	2	0	0
Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp.	3	0	0
V. parahaemolyticus and V. cholerae	1	0	0
V. parahaemolyticus and Shigella spp.	5	1	0
Total	354	501	442

¹ was compared with

², χ² = 464, P > 0.05. RDB: Reverse dot blot.