Table 1.

Sensitivity, specificity and kappa coefficient of detection of fungi on BA, CA, NNA, and BHI with reference to SDA

	Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA)
	Sensitivity	Specificity	Kappa
Blood agar (BA)	72.7%	87.5%	0.50
	(49.5 - 88.3)	(46.6 - 99.3)	(0.20 - 0.80)
Chocolate agar (CA)	83.3%	83.3%	0.66
	(57.7 - 95.5)	(50.8 - 97.0)	(0.38 - 0.93)
Non-nutrient agar	88.2%	84.6%	0.73
(NNA)	(62.2 - 97.9)	(53.6 - 97.2)	(0.48 - 0.98)
Brain heart infusion	61.5%	47.0%	0.08
(BHI) broth	(32.2 - 84.8)	(23.8 - 71.4)	(-0.26 - 0.43)