Table 4. Analysis of three diagnostic assays for cutaneous leishmaniasis using PCR as the gold standard.

Diagnostic test	True positives	False positives	True negativesa	False negatives	Sensitivity	Specificity	PPV	NPV
SSS	43	00	22	16	73%	100%	100%	58%
IC-RDT	21	00	22	38	36%	100%	100%	37%

PCR positives were taken as total true positives (n = 59).

^a = true negatives from clinically non-CL discarded skin lesions collected from a casualty theatre in a non-endemic area for CL.

NPV = negative predictive value,

PPV = positive predictive value.