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. 2003 Feb;41(2):576–580. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.2.576-580.2003

TABLE 4.

Test characteristics of virus culture-immunofluorescence with real-time PCR as standard

Virus No. of specimens with test result/no. of specimens with result by standard (%)
Sensitivity Specificity PVPTa PVNTb
CMV 11/17 (64.7) 68/69 (98.6) 11/12 (91.7) 68/74 (91.9)
VZV 16/27 (59.3) 338/339 (99.7) 16/17 (94.1) 338/349 (96.8)
HSV-1 123/143 (86.0) 521/525 (99.2) 123/127 (96.9) 521/541 (96.3)
HSV-2 71/97 (73.2) 570/571 (99.8) 71/72 (98.6) 570/596 (95.6)
a

PVPT, predictive value positive test.

b

PVNT, predictive value negative test.