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. 2000 Nov;38(11):3942–3945. doi: 10.1128/jcm.38.11.3942-3945.2000

TABLE 1.

Sensitivity and specificity of composite performance compared to the reference laboratory results

Test No. of true positives No. of true negatives No. of false positives No. of false negatives Total Sensitivity
Specificity
Frequency Estimate (95% CIb) Frequency Estimate (95% CI)
Urine culture 79 75 2 0 159 79/79 100.0 (95.4–100.0) 75/77 97.4 (90.9–99.7)
Serology (IgG) 63 51 3 3 120 63/66 95.5 (87.3–99.1) 51/54 94.4 (84.6–98.8)
Serology (IgM) 25 46 5a 2 78a 25/27 92.6 (75.7–99.1) 46/51 90.2 (78.6–96.7)
a

Two equivocal tests were included in the analysis. 

b

CI, confidence interval.