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Predictive value of simultaneous detection of A. actinomycetemcomitans, F. alocis, and S. parasanguinis for LAP breakdown at 18 sites in 16 subjects
| No. of bacterial species detected | Breakdown + | Breakdown − | Performance characteristic (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensitivity | Specificity (% CI)b | Positive predictive value | Negative predictive value | |||
| All 3a | 16 | 1 | 89 | 99 (96–100) | 94 | 98 |
| ≤2 | 2 | 83 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 84 | ||||
A. actinomycetemcomitans, F. alocis, and S. parasanguinis.
CI, 95% confidence interval.
