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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jul 16;111(2):416–420. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.05.101

Table 3:

Test characteristics of histoplasma EIA

IgG+ IgM+ IgG+ & IgM+
VUMC Pilot VUMC 2 UPMC UC VUMC Pilot VUMC 2 UPMC UC VUMC Pilot VUMC 2 UPMC UC
Positive test 28 25 6 16 9 8 4 3 6 6 0 1
Sens 39% 32% 9% 54% 13% 11% 4% 8% 12% 8% - 8%
Spec 89% 91% 92% 76% 97% 100% 92% 95% 100% 100% - 100%
PPV 71% 66% 67% 44% 77% 100% 50% 33% 100% 100% - 100%
NPV 69% 72% 35% 83% 63% 68% 34% 75% 63% 67% - 76%

VUMC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

UPMC, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

UC, University of Cincinnati

Sens, sensitivity

Spec, specificity

PPV, positive predictive value

NPV, negative predictive value