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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2007 Apr 3;143(6):940–944. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.02.030

TABLE 3.

Diagnostic Performance of Clinical Prediction for Categories of Microbial Keratitis

Diagnosis Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI Positive predictive value (95% CI Negative predictive value (95% CI
Pseudomonal keratitis 75% (51%–91%) 90% (82%–96%) 65% (43%–84%) 94% (86%–98%)
Other bacterial keratitis 66% (47%–81%) 68% (56%–79%) 48% (32%–63%) 82% (70%–90%)
Fungal keratitis 38% (14%–68%) 93% (86%–97%) 45% (17%–77%) 91% (84%–96%)
Acanthamoeba keratitis 89% (52%–100%) 99% (94%–100%) 89% (52%–100%) 99% (94%–100%)

CI, confidence interval.