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. 2010 Oct 6;48(12):4573–4579. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00687-10

TABLE 3.

Accuracy of MODS versus microbiological confirmation as the gold standard

Parametera Accuracy of MODS
By patients
By samples
% (no./total no.) 95% CI % (no./total no.) 95% CI
Sensitivity 87.4 (194/222) 82.3-95.1 81.0 (431/523) 76.3-85.7
Specificity 93.0 (79/85) 85.3-97.4 97.0 (200/206) 94.8-99.3
PPV 97.0 (194/200) 93.6-98.9 98.6 (431/437) 97.5-99.7
NPV 73.8 (79/107) 64.5-81.9 66.4 (200/301) 58.5-74.4
a

PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.