Table 5. Diagnostic sensitivity (SE) and specificity (SP) values for the different assays and laboratories.
| PCR assay | Values for indicated laboratory # (95% confidence limits) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| SE | SP | SE | SP | SE | SP | SE | SP | SE | SP | |
| BA5345 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.97 |
| (0.89–1) | (0.91–1) | (0.79–0.99) | (0.94–1) | (0.89–1) | (0.94–1) | (0.89–1) | (0.94–1) | (0.89–1) | (0.88–1) | |
| PL3 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.97 |
| (0.89–1) | (0.88–1) | (0.89–1) | (0.91–1) | (0.89–1) | (0.94–1) | (0.89–1) | (0.94–1) | (0.89–1) | (0.88–1) | |
| BA5357 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.95 |
| (0.89–1) | (0.94–1) | (0.89–1) | (0.94–1) | (0.89–1) | (0.94–1) | (0.89–1) | (0.94–1) | (0.89–1) | (0.86–0.99) | |
|
sap (S-layer) |
0.97 | 0.69 | 0.52 | 0.81 | 1.00 | 0.56 | 1.00 | 0.69 | 1.00 | 0.58 |
| (0.83–1) | (0.56–0.81) | (0.33–0.70) | (0.69–0.90) | (0.89–1) | (0.42–0.69) | (0.89–1) | (0.56–0.81) | (0.89–1) | (0.44–0.70) | |
| BA813 | 0.71 | 0.93 | 0.52 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 0.86 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 0.75 |
| (0.52–0.86) | (0.84–0.98) | (0.33–0.70) | (0.81–0.97) | (0.79–0.99) | (0.75–0.94) | (0.83–1) | (0.81–0.97) | (0.83–1) | (0.62–0.85) | |
| B-type SASP | 1.00 | 0.93 | 0.84 | 0.95 | nd | nd | 1.00 | 0.88 | nd | nd |
| (0.89–1) | (0.84–0.98) | (0.66–0.95) | (0.86–0.99) | (0.89–1) | (0.77–0.95) | |||||
nd, not determined