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. 2019 May 1;7:e6857. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6857

Table 2. Overall performance of TBProfiler and Mykrobe measured in terms of sensitivity (sensi), specificity (speci), precision, and macro-accuracy (macro), defined as the average between sensitivity and specificity.

TBProfiler Mykrobe
Sensi Speci Precision Macro Thresh Sensi Speci Precision Macro Thresh
Amikacin 92.1 (89.3–94.9) 87.9 (86–89.8) 71.7 (67.6–75.8) 90.0 0.00 82.6 (78.7–86.5) 98.5 (97.8–99.2) 94.7 (92.2–97.2) 90.5 0.00
Capreomycin 80.9 (76.8–85) 95.9 (94.7–97.1) 86.4 (82.7–90.1) 88.4 0.10 78.3 (74–82.6) 94 (92.6–95.4) 80.7 (76.5–84.9) 86.2 0.00
Ethambutol 92.5 (90.6–94.4) 92.5 (91.7–93.3) 67.8 (65–70.6) 92.5 0.25 87.5 (85.1–89.9) 93.7 (93–94.4) 70.1 (67.2–73) 90.6 0.35
Ethionamide 85.3 (80.8–89.8) 61.5 (56.7–66.3) 57.2 (52.1–62.3) 73.4 0.10
Fluoroquinolones 89 (85.7–92.3) 95.8 (94.7–96.9) 85.9 (82.3–89.5) 92.4 0.00 85.1 (81.4–88.8) 97.2 (96.3–98.1) 89.6 (86.3–92.9) 91.2 0.00
Isoniazid 89.3 (87.8–90.8) 97 (96.5–97.5) 91.3 (89.9–92.7) 93.2 0.30 88.5 (87–90) 98.3 (97.9–98.7) 94.8 (93.7–95.9) 93.4 0.00
Kanamycin 91.7 (88.8–94.6) 95.7 (94.3–97.1) 89.9 (86.7–93.1) 93.7 0.00 81.7 (77.6–85.8) 98 (97–99) 94.5 (91.9–97.1) 89.8 0.00
Pyrazinamide 59.1 (53.9–64.3) 97.1 (96–98.2) 89.5 (85.5–93.5) 78.1 0.25 34.4 (29.4–39.4) 99.2 (98.6–99.8) 94.4 (90.4–98.4) 66.8 0.35
Rifampicin 91.4 (89.8–93) 98.3 (97.9–98.7) 92.6 (91.1–94.1) 94.8 0.20 92.4 (90.9–93.9) 98.3 (97.9–98.7) 92.8 (91.4–94.2) 95.3 0.00
Streptomycin 77.4 (74.8–80) 91 (89.9–92.1) 77.7 (75.1–80.3) 84.2 0.30 81.4 (79–83.8) 96.7 (96–97.4) 91.1 (89.2–93) 89.1 0.40

Note:

For each software and antibiotic, the minimum frequency threshold considered to call a marker present was chosen to maximize the macro-accuracy. 95% confidence intervals are provided for sensitivity, specificity, and precision.