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. 2017 Dec 26;40(6):317–328. doi: 10.1016/j.bj.2017.09.001

Table 6.

Evaluation of the performance of the algorithms to correctly classify bacterial species or groups.

Group N Acc Acc CI (Acc) N Se Se CI (Se) N Sp Sp CI (Sp) N PPV PPV CI (PPV) N NPV NPV CI (NPV) N Prev Prev CI (Prev)
ESCCOL 42,611 99.6 (99.6, 99.7) 3288 96.4 (95.6, 97.0) 39,323 99.9 (99.9, 99.9) 3209 98.8 (98.3, 99.1) 39,402 99.7 (99.6, 99.7) 42,611 7.7 (7.5, 8.0)
Group Enter 42,611 99.1 (99.0, 99.2) 4744 93.8 (93.1, 94.4) 37,867 99.8 (99.7, 99.8) 4530 98.2 (97.9, 98.6) 38,081 99.2 (99.1, 99.3) 42,611 11.1 (10.8, 11.5)
Group KESC 42,611 98.3 (98.2, 98.4) 17,685 98.9 (98.8, 99.1) 24,926 97.9 (97.7, 98.1) 18,028 97.1 (96.8, 97.3) 24,583 99.2 (99.1, 99.3) 42,611 41.5 (41.0, 42.1)
Group PMP 42,611 99.3 (99.2, 99.4) 7470 97.6 (97.3, 98.0) 35,141 99.7 (99.6, 99.7) 7416 98.4 (98.0, 98.6) 35,195 99.5 (99.4, 99.6) 42,611 17.5 (17.1, 17.9)
STAAUE 42,611 99.7 (99.7, 99.8) 3965 99.2 (99.0, 99.5) 38,646 99.8 (99.7, 99.8) 4014 98.0 (97.6, 98.5) 38,597 99.9 (99.9, 99.9) 42,611 9.3 (9.0, 9.6)
STASAP 42,611 99.5 (99.5, 99.6) 2799 97.6 (97.1, 98.1) 39,812 99.7 (99.6, 99.7) 2864 95.4 (94.8, 96.2) 39,747 99.8 (99.8, 99.9) 42,611 6.6 (6.3, 6.8)
STRAGA 42,611 99.6 (99.5, 99.7) 2660 94.8 (93.6, 95.7) 39,951 99.9 (99.9, 100.0) 2550 98.9 (98.3, 99.3) 40,061 99.7 (99.6, 99.7) 42,611 6.2 (6.0, 6.5)

Abbreviations: Group: Bacterial species or groups; N Acc: Number of sample analyzed for accuracy; Acc: Accuracy; CI (Acc): 95% confidence interval for Acc; N Se: Number of sample analyzed for sensitivity; Se: Sensitivity; CI (Se): 95% confidence interval for Se; N Sp: Number of sample analyzed for specificity; Sp: Specificity; CI (Sp): 95% confidence interval for Sp; N PPV: Number of sample analyzed for PPV; PPV: positive predictive value; CI (PPV): 95% confidence interval for PPV; N NPV: Number of sample analyzed for NPV; NPV: Negative predictive value; CI (NPV): 95% confidence interval for NPV; N Prev: Number of sample analyzed for Prev; Prev: Prevalence; CI (Prev): 95% confidence interval for Prev; ESCCOL: Escherichia coli; Group Enter: Group Enterococcus spp.; Group KESC: Group Klebsiella spp./Enterobacter spp./Serratia spp./Citrobacter spp.; Group PMP: Group Proteus spp./Morganella spp./Providencia spp.; STAAUE: Staphylococcus aureus; STASAP: Staphylococcus saprophyticus; STRAGA: Streptococcus agalactiae.