Table 2.
Results for pneumonia, urinary tract infection and sepsis/meningitis
| Setting | Subgroups serious infections |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Pneumonia | UTI | Sepsis/meningitis | |
| All | |||
| Sens | 80.4 (73.4 to 86.2) | 66.7 (52.5 to 78.9) | 66.7 (52.5 to 78.9) |
| Spec | 64.8 (63.8 to 65.8) | 64.1 (63.1 to 65.2) | 64.1 (63.1 to 65.2) |
| GP | |||
| Sens | 100 (63.1 to 100) | 100 (15.8 to 100) | No cases |
| Spec | 79.2 (77.7 to 80.6) | 88.5 (87.3 to 89.5) | |
| Paed | |||
| Sens | 84.3 (71.4 to 93.0) | 73.3 (44.9 to 92.2) | 73.3 (44.9 to 92.2) |
| Spec | 59.9 (58.1 to 61.7) | 59.3 (57.5 to 61.1) | 59.3 (57.5 to 61.1) |
| ED | |||
| Sens | 76.9 (67.6 to 84.6) | 62.2 (44.8 to 77.5) | 62.2 (44.8 to 77.5) |
| Spec | 54.9 (53.0 to 56.9) | 53.9 (51.9 to 55.8) | 53.9 (51.9 to 55.8) |
All diagnostic characteristics are given with their respective 95% CIs in brackets.
ED, emergency department; GP, general practice; Paed, paediatric outpatient clinic; sens, sensitivity; sepsis/meningitis, composite group of sepsis and meningitis cases; spec, specificity; UTI, complicated urinary tract infections.