TABLE 1.

LIAISON CLIA as a screening test

Sample population	No. of samples	No. of samples with indicated CLIA result			Comparison with EIA		Comparison with testing algorithm
		Positive	Negative	Equivocal	No. of results in agreement with CLIA/no. of samples tested	% Agreement with CLIA (95% CI)a	No. of results in agreement with CLIA/no. of samples tested	% Agreement with CLIA (95% CI)
Patients with primary or secondary syphilis	51	48	3	0	48/51	94.1 (83.8-98.8)	51/51	100 (93.0-100)
Patients providing samples for routine testing	999	41	957	1	931/999	93.2 (91.4-94.7)	986/999	98.7 (97.8-99.3)
HIV-positive patients	200	75	123	2	169/200	84.5 (78.7-89.2)	188/200	94.0 (90.7-97.3)
Pregnant patients	200	4	196	0	196/200	98.0 (95.0-99.5)	200/200	100 (98.2-100)
Apparently healthy adults	992	63	929	0	935/992	94.3 (92.6-95.6)	975/992	98.3 (97.3-99.0)

^aCI, confidence interval.