Table 1.
Comparison of PCR and microscopy for detection of Leishmania in bone marrow (Kappa = 0.41).
PCR result | Microscopy/parasite |
Total | |
---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | ||
Positive | 46 (100%) | 25 (59.5%) | 71 |
Negative | 0 | 17 (40.5%) | 17 |
Total | 46 | 42 | 88 |
PCR, polymerase chain reaction.