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. 2006 Sep 27;44(11):4085–4094. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00614-06

TABLE 6.

ESBL results for the E. coli and Klebsiella isolates tested in this study

Isolate type and species No. of resultsa:
Result (%) forb:
Total + by both tests PHX+ and REF− PHX− and REF+ − by both tests Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Agreement
Clinical
    E. coli 71 6 0 0 65 100 100 100 100 100
    K. pneumoniae 49 7 0 0 42 100 100 100 100 100
    K. oxytoca 27 5 1 0 21 100 95.5 83.3 100 96.3
Challenge
    E. coli 31 12 1 1 17 92.3 94.4 92.3 94.4 93.5
    K. pneumoniae 20 17 0 0 3 100 100 100 100 100
    K. oxytoca 5 3 0 0 2 100 100 100 100 100
Clinical and challenge
    E. coli 102 18 1 1 82 94.7 98.8 94.7 98.8 98.0
    K. pneumoniae 69 24 0 0 45 100 100 100 100 100
    K. oxytoca 32 8 1 0 23 100 95.8 88.9 100 96.9
Total 203 50 2 1 150 98.0 98.7 96.2 99.3 98.5
a

PHX, Phoenix system; REF, reference method. +, positive; −, negative.

b

PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.