TABLE 2.
Semiquantitative comparison of BDS and MDS samples for parasitologic diagnosis of CL
| Test | Result for MDS samples | No. of BDS samples with the following resulta:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| − | + | ++ | +++ | ++++ | Total | ||
| Microscopic examinationb | − | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| + | 1 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 38 | |
| ++ | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| +++ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| ++++ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 22 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 75 | |
| PCRc | − | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| + | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| ++ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| +++ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| ++++ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 40 | |
a
Boldface indicates concordant results.
b
κ = 0.64 (P < 0.001).
c
κ = 0.70 (P < 0.001).