Table 2.
Chicago Sky Blue And Calcoflour White Stains In Comparison With KOH Wet Mount In Tinea Capitis | Chicago Sky Blue And Calcoflour White Stain In Comparison With Culture Sabouraud’s Dextrose Agar In Tinea Capitis | ||||||||||||
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Sensitivity | Specificity | Positive Predictive Value | Negative Predictive value | Accuracy | p-value | Sensitivity | Specificity | Positive Predictive Value | Negative Predictive Value | Accuracy | p-value | ||
Chicago sky blue stain | 94% | 90% | 91% | 89% | 92% | 0.037* | Chicago sky blue | 96% | 88% | 86% | 90% | 90% | 0.093 |
Calcoflour white stain | 98% | 91% | 95% | 93% | 96% | 0.016* | Calcoflour white | 98% | 90% | 92% | 96% | 94% | 0.041* |
KOH | 80% | 88% | 90% | 82% | 85% | Culture | 92% | 86% | 88% | 90% | 89% |
Note: *Significant.