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Resolved results: LCR and fluorochrome stain
| Test and result | Final result
|
Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Predictive value (%)
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. positive | No. negative | Positive | Negative | |||
| Abbott LCR | ||||||
| Positive | 30 | 3 | 77 | 99 | 91 | 98 |
| Negative | 9 | 451 | ||||
| Fluorochrome stain | ||||||
| Positive | 13 | 8a | 33 | 98 | 62 | 94 |
| Negative | 26 | 446 | ||||
All eight specimens were culture positive for M. avium complex.
