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. 2004 Jun;42(6):2476–2479. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2476-2479.2004

TABLE 2.

Performance of the different ELISAs detecting anti-C. pneumoniae IgG or IgA in patient collectives 2 and 3a

Group or test % concordance with MIF result % specificity % sensitivity PPV (%) NPV (%)
Collective 2
    IgG
        SeroCP Quant 94 87 95 97 81
        SeroCP 91 67 97 93 83
        sELISA 90 87 91 97 68
        rELISA 65 73 63 91 31
    IgA
        SeroCP Quant 86 85 89 96 65
        SeroCP 95 95 95 98 86
Collective 3
        SeroCP Quant 96 67 100 96 100
        SeroCP 96 67 100 96 100
a

Eighty samples from collective 2 and 50 samples from collective 3 were analyzed for C. pneumoniae antibodies by the indicated ELISA, and assay performance was evaluated on the basis of the gold standard MIF test.