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. 2013 Jan 24;13:36. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-36

Table 5.

Clinical performances of three assays for C. trachomatis using specimens included prostate massage liquid

Methods % Sensitivity (95% CI) % Specificity (95% CI)
Enzymatic methoda
91.5 (85.9, 97.1)
90.0 (87.3, 92.7)
Cell cultureb
63.8 (54.1, 73.5)
100.0 (100.0, 100.0)
LCRc 94.7 (90.2, 99.2) 100.0 (100.0, 100.0)

a Χ2 = 8.030, P = 0.005, P < 0.05; b Χ2 = 8.721, P = 0.003, P < 0.05; c Χ2 = 0.164, P = 0.685, P > 0.05.