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. 2013 Dec 16;8(12):e81263. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081263

Table 4. Sensitivity and Specificity of Typhidot in studies where no information in indeterminate results was available.

TP FP FN TN Sensitivity (95%CI) Specificity (95%CI)
Typhidot with control group category 1 *
Gopalakrishnan, 2002 41 12 9 32 0.82 (0.69–0.91) 0.73 (0.57–0.85)
Typhidot with control group category 2 *
Gopalakrishnan, 2002 41 18 9 32 0.82 (0.69–0.91) 0.64 (0.49–0.77)
Jesudason, 2002 30 6 0 24 1.00 (0.88–1.00) 0.80 (0.61–0.92)
Typhidot with control group category 3 *
Jesudason, 2006 36 6 3 506 0.92 (0.79–0.98) 0.99 (0.97–1.00)

*category 1 – samples with known etiology other than S.Typhi; category 2 – samples with unknown etiology (blood culture negative); category 3 – a combination of category 1 and 2.