Table 1. Performance of C. DIFF QUIK CHEK COMPLETE– GDH and RIDASCREEN Clostridium difficile GDH compared with Clostridioides difficile culture.
Test | Result | C. difficile culture | Sensitivity (%) (95% CI) | Specificity (%) (95% CI) | Kappa (95% CI) | |
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Positive (N=70) | Negative (N=80) | |||||
C. DIFF QUIK CHEK COMPLETE–GDH | Positive | 67 | 6 | 95.7 (87.2–98.9) | 92.5 (83.8–96.9) | 0.89 (0.82–0.97) |
Negative | 3 | 74 | ||||
RIDASCREEN Clostridium difficile GDH | Positive | 66 | 5 | 94.3 (85.3–98.2) | 93.8 (85.4–97.7) | |
Negative | 4 | 75 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; GDH, glutamate dehydrogenase.