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. 2017 Jul 6;10:259. doi: 10.1186/s13104-017-2581-1

Table 3.

Accuracy of wet mount microscopy and in-house PCR against Culture for TV diagnosis

Culture
Test TP FP FN TN Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) Kappa agreement PPV (95% CI) NPV (95% CI)
PCR 11 1 1 137 91.7 (61.5–99.8) 99.3 (96.0–100.0) 0.91 91.6% (60.8–98.7%) 99.3% (95.5–99.9%)
Wet mount 3 0 9 138 25.0 (5.5–57.2) 100 (97.4–100.0) 0.38 100% (CI NA) 93.8% (91.7–95.5%)

95% CI 95% Confidence interval, FN False negative, FP False positive, NA Not applicable, NPV Negative predictive value, PPV Positive predictive value, TN True negative, TP True positive