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. 2018 May 30;7:69. doi: 10.1186/s13756-018-0359-4

Table 2.

Validity comparisons for Coosto-detected MRSA outbreaks with SO-ZI/AMR as the reference standard

MRSA outbreaks Number of days Validity
TP FP FN TN Se (95% CI) Sp (95% CI) PPV (95% CI) NPV (95% CI)
All 10 27 39 722 20 (10–34) 96 (95–98) 27 (16–42) 95 (92–96)
Any hospital 5 13 25 755 17 (6–35) 98 (97–99) 28 (13–50) 97 (96–97)
University hospital 0 1 8 791 0 100 (99–100) 0 99 (99–99)
General hospital 5 12 17 764 23 (8–45) 98 (97–99) 29 (14–52) 98 (97–98)
Any hospital and unknown location 6 12 33 747 15 (6–31) 98 (97–99) 33 (17–56) 96 (95–96)
University hospital and unknown location 0 1 17 783 0 100 (99–100) 0 98 (98–98)
General hospital and unknown location 6 11 25 756 19 (7–37) 99 (97–99) 35 (18–58) 97 (96–97)
Nursing home 1 15 6 778 13 (0–53) 98 (97–99) 6 (1–31) 99 (99–99)
Nursing home and unknown location 2 14 14 770 13 (2–38) 98 (97–99) 13 (3–37) 98 (98–99)
Other location 0 3 3 795 0 100 (99–100) 0 100 (100–100)
Other location and unknown location 0 3 12 786 0 100 (99–100) 0 99 (98–99)

CI confidence interval, FN false negative, FP false positive, NPV negative predictive value, PPV positive predictive value, Se sensitivity, Sp specificity, TN true negative, TP true positive