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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jun 29;205(4):372.e1–372.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.06.087

Table 3.

Antepartum culture and intrapartum NAAT characteristics

Characteristic Antepartum Culture % (95% CI) NAAT % (95% CI)
Number of samples tested 559 547*
Sensitivity 69.2 (60.6–76.9) 90.8 (84.6–95.2)
Specificity 96.0 (93.7–97.7) 97.6 (95.6–98.8)
Positive predictive value 84.4 (76.2–90.6) 92.3 (86.2–96.2)
Negative predictive value 90.9 (87.8–93.4) 97.1 (95.0–98.5)
*

12 rapid tests did not yield results