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. 2016 Jun 6;16:246. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1578-z

Table 3.

Test performance and agreement of diagnostic modalities

Culture as reference standard Cytology as reference standard Composite reference standard: culture and/or cytology
Sensitivitya Specificitya Cohen’s Kappa Sensitivitya Specificitya Cohen’s Kappa Sensitivitya Specificitya Cohen’s Kappa
n/N n/N k n/N n/N k n/N n/N k
Cytology 6/9 67 % 22/24 92 % 0.60 - - - - - - - - - -
Culture - - - - - 6/8 75 % 22/25 88 % 0.60 - - - - -
ZN 1/9 11 % 24/25 96 % 0.10 3/18 17 % 43/43 100 % 0.22 3/21 14 % 41/41 100 % 0.18
Xpert 5/9 56 % 26/27 96 % 0.58 11/16 69 % 38/41 93 % 0.64 11/19 58 % 40/43 93 % 0.55
EasyNAT 2/9 22 % 30/30 100 % 0.31 4/18 22 % 43/43 100 % 0.29 4/21 19 % 46/46 100 % 0.24
Any diagnostic modality 6/9 67 % 28/30 93 % 0.62 18/18 100 % 40/43 93 % 0.89 13/21 62 % 38/41 93 % 0.58

aCalculated only for patients without missing data