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. 2011 Feb 4;15(1):R50. doi: 10.1186/cc10015

Table 6.

Diagnostic capacity of alveolar sTREM and peritoneal sTREM

Abdominal infection Lung infection
Peritoneal sTREM ≥900 pg/mL Alveolar sTREM ≥900 pg/mL
Sensitivity 92% 81%
Specificity 100% 80%
Positive predictive value 100% 93%
Negative predictive value 90% 57%
Area under the curve 0.903 (0.078) 0.775 (0.124)

sTREM, soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells.