Table 4.
Comparison of urine and sputum specimen for the diagnosis of active PTB in people living with HIV by using sputum culture as old standard, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Urine sample | Sputum culture positive | Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV | NPV | Kappa value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | Total | |||||||
Smear | Positive | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21.2% | 100% | 100% | 76.4% | 0.279 |
Negative | 26 | 84 | 110 | ||||||
Total | 33 | 84 | 117 | ||||||
Culture | Positive | 13 | 4 | 17 | 39.4% | 95.2% | 76.5% | 80% | 0.406 |
Negative | 20 | 80 | 100 | ||||||
Total | 33 | 84 | 117 | ||||||
PCR | Positive | 24 | 9 | 33 | 72.7% | 89.3% | 72.7% | 89.3% | 0.620 |
Negative | 9 | 75 | 84 | ||||||
Total | 33 | 84 | 117 |
PPV, positive predicted value; NPV, negative predicted value.