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. 2022 Jul 1;21:31. doi: 10.1186/s12941-022-00516-4

Table 1.

Detection accuracy of MALDI TOF compared to Biotyping analysis

Strains Strain detection rate (%) Sensitivity Specificity PPV 95% CI p value
MALDI ToF 99.4 84.8 100.0 90.2 0.775–0.997 0.001
Biotyping 75.2 48.6 45.2 22.2 0.369–0.717

PPV: Positive predictive value