Table 2. Performance of C. DIFF QUIK CHEK COMPLETE–Toxin A/B and RIDASCREEN Clostridium difficile Toxin A/B compared with toxigenic Clostridioides difficile culture.
Test | Result | Toxigenic culture | Sensitivity (%) (95% CI) | Specificity (%) (95% CI) | Kappa (95% CI) | |
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Positive (N=60) | Negative (N=90) | |||||
C. DIFF QUIK CHEK COMPLETE–Toxin A/B | Positive | 36 | 5 | 60.0 (46.5–72.2) | 94.4 (86.9–97.9) | 0.56 (0.41–0.71) |
Negative | 24 | 85 | ||||
RIDASCREEN Clostridium difficile Toxin A/B | Positive | 20 | 1 | 33.3 (22.0–46.8) | 98.9 (93.1–99.9) | |
Negative | 40 | 89 |
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.