TABLE 2.
Diagnostic performance of 34 hsp70 PCRs on samples from Bolivian patients with clinical suspicion of tegumentary leishmaniasis compared to microscopy, culture, and IDRMa
| Clinical status | No. of results
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micro- scopy
|
Culture
|
hsp70 PCR
|
Totalb | IDRM
|
Total | |||||
| + | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | |||
| Cases | 8 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| Noncases | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Total samples | 8 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 28 | 6 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 26 |
a
IDRM available for only 26 patients. Case definition based on positivity by microscopy, culture, or hsp70 PCR.
b
Total results from microscopy, culture, and hsp70 PCR.