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. 2010 May 12;48(7):2337–2343. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00130-10

TABLE 2.

Performance of 3MRSV by subject group and sample type

Parameter Value fora:
Nasal washes/aspirates
Nasopharyngeal aspirates
Nasopharyngeal swabs
Group 1 Group 2 Group 1 Group 2 Group 1 Group 2
No. tested 262 246 519 503 525 391
Sensitivity, % (95% CI) 89.1 (0.819-0.936) 89.9 (0.828-0.943) 85.4 (0.799-0.897) 85.3 (0.797-0.896) 85.8 (0.789-0.907) 88.2 (0.814-0.927)
Specificity, % (95% CI) 94.1 (0.891-0.969) 93.4 (0.880-0.965) 95.3 (0.924-0.971) 95.1 (0.921-0.970) 96.9 (0.947-0.982) 97.4 (0.946-0.987)
PPV, % 91.6 91.6 91.9 91.8 90.6 94.1
NPV, % 92.3 92.1 91.3 90.9 95.2 94.5
a

Group 1, subjects of all ages; group 2, subjects <22 years old (age group FDA cleared for 3MRSV testing).