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. 2007 Feb 7;45(4):1167–1174. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01988-06

TABLE 5.

Sensitivities, specificities, PPV, and NPV of phenotypic methods for detection of ESBL production with molecular identification as the reference method for K. pneumoniae isolates (n = 29)

Detection method Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) PPV (%) NPV (%)
MicroScan 95.7 50.0 88.0 75.0
Phoenix 100.0 66.7 92.0 100.0
VITEK 2 95.7 83.3 95.7 83.3
DAM 87.0 66.7 90.9 57.1
DDS 91.3 100.0 100.0 75.0
Etest ESBL 100.0 83.3 95.8 100.0