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Table 1 Sensitivity and Specificity of Capilia TB in comparison with in-house PCR

From: Evaluation of Capilia TB assay for rapid identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in BACTEC MGIT 960 and BACTEC 9120 blood cultures

 

PCR

Capilia

 

Positive

Negative

Total

 

Positive

127

2

129

 

Negative

3

121

124

 

Total

130

123

253

  1. Sensitivity (Se) = 98.4%; Specificity (Sp) = 97.58%; Positive predictive value (PPV) = 97.7%; Negative predictive value (NPV) = 98.4% and Kappa statistic (#) = 0.96 (almost perfect)
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BMC Research Notes

ISSN: 1756-0500

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