Etiology was considered confirmed for cases with positive results for PCR, culture, antigen, or pathogen-specific IgM in CSF for a pathogen considered to be a well-established cause of encephalitis.
We considered confirmed cases to be participants with medical record evidence of a final diagnosis of PD by a treating neurologist, or medical record evidence of at least two cardinal signs of PD (bradykinesia, rigidity, or rest tremor) in the absence of information suggesting an alternate diagnosis.
The identification of Lactobacillus species was considered confirmed if the sequences showed 99-100% homology with the typed strain.
A target was considered confirmed if a valid miRNA from our pool co-located with a miRNA from miRBase.
Participants with a salivary cotinine level <11 ng/ml, indicating nonsmoking [ 50], will be <span class="lh">considered confirmed nonsmokers.
No differences were found between the results obtained considering confirmed tuberculosis vs. clinical tuberculosis cases with the exception of T-SPOT.TB for which a higher proportion of positive results was observed for confirmed tuberculosis (62/69) vs. clinical tuberculosis (13/19, p = 0.03).
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For this procedure, according to the participants at the 2012 expert meeting, the following points should be considered: The results should be confirmed (with traditional methods, for example, Sanger sequencing) before they are communicated to the Advisory Board.
This rate is confirmed with other studies, considering the use of peritumoral or intratumoral injection of the radiotracer [ 6, 7, 9, 11].
