TABLE 1.
Diagnostic accuracy of the Leishmania OligoC-TesT and kDNA PCR for 61 lesion specimens from 45 CL-suspected patients at the leishmaniasis clinic in Lima
| Patient group | No. of lesion samples | No. (%) positivea
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| Lesion aspirates
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Lesion scrapings
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| OligoC-TesT | kDNA PCR | OligoC-TesT | kDNA PCR | ||
| Confirmed CL | 50 | 37 | 47 | 46 | 44 |
| LST positive | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| LST negative | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
a
The sensitivities (95% CIs) of the tests were as follows: for lesion aspirates, 74% (60.5% to 84.1%) for the OligoC-TesT and 94% (83.8% to 98%) for kDNA PCR; and for lesion scrapings, 92% (81.2% to 96.9%) for the OligoC-TesT and 88% (76.2% to 84.4%) for kDNA PCR. CIs were scored by Wilson's method.