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. 2021 Feb 19;21:90. doi: 10.1186/s12887-021-02523-4

Table 4.

Diagnostic value of combining different methods with a real-time polymerase chain reaction as the standard

RT-PCR Kappa Sensitivity Specificity Accuracy Youden Index
Positive Negative
MP-RNA (SAT) + MP-IgM (PA)
 Positive 256 112 0.602 84.2% 78.7% 80.7% 62.9%
 Negative 48 414
MP-RNA (SAT) + MP-IgM (GICT)
 Positive 223 76 0.591 73.4% 85.6% 81.1% 59.0%
 Negative 81 450
MP-IgM (GICT) + MP-IgM (PA)
 Positive 237 123 0.525 78.0% 76.6% 77.2% 54.6%
 Negative 67 403
7 RNAs + MP-IgM (PA)
 Positive 250 154 0.419 82.2% 70.7% 74.9% 52.9%
 Negative 54 372
7 RNAs + MP-IgM (GICT)
 Positive 198 120 0.419 65.1% 77.2% 72.8% 42.3%
 Negative 106 406

SAT simultaneous amplification and testing

PA particle agglutination

GICT immune colloidal gold technique