In comparison to laboratory-based molecular diagnosis tests such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), rapid point-of-care tests (POCTs) may help reduce these delays by providing an immediate (albeit less sensitive) diagnosis option.
Our analyses did however indicate that 'sputum changes', item 2, may be a proxy albeit less sensitive and objective indicator than a formal microbiological report.
48 However, most of the predictive programs assume a uniform and ideal strength to the predicted regions, albeit being sensitive to sequence breaks like stutters and stammers.
Although the number of patients with bacterial meningitis in this study is small, the results are nonetheless clinically relevant, especially when other parameters like leucocyte count, glucose and protein levels, albeit less sensitive, are also suggestive of a bacterial etiology.
In a statement issued to the Guardian and other news outlets on Tuesday, Chicago police denied the Guardian's reporting, without giving specifics, and insisted that Homan Square is no different than any other police facility, albeit somewhat more sensitive given the presence of undercover units.
In contrast, FISH and immunohistochemistry are highly sensitive, albeit limited in scale, thus enabling identification of subtle yet specific mRNA and protein changes.
Most notably, while Brucella is highly permeable to hydrophobic substances and resistant to bactericidal cationic peptides, Ochrobactrum is impermeable and sensitive, albeit not to the same extent as typical Gram negative bacteria [18].
For antagonists, the GP was consistently, albeit modestly, less sensitive than the other tissues.
In IgE-mediated food allergy, determination of SPT and sIgE seems to be sensitive, albeit not specific.
They further stated that "moment-by-moment ratings of the session process are potentially much more sensitive, albeit more laborious" (p. 91).
