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Table 2 Emergency Department diagnoses of meningococcal disease and notifications of confirmed meningococcal cases, NSW, 2004 (retrospective evaluation)

From: Can near real-time monitoring of emergency department diagnoses facilitate early response to sporadic meningococcal infection? - prospective and retrospective evaluations

 

Confirmed meningococcal cases

Not notified as meningococcal case

Total

ED diagnosis of meningococcal disease

54

93

147

ED diagnosis other than meningococcal disease

95 (including 19 unmatched cases)

Unknown

N/A

Total

149

N/A

N/A

  1. Sensitivity = 54/(54+95) = 36.2% (95%CI: 28.9%-44.5%)
  2. Positive Predictive Values = 54/(54+93) = 36.7% (95%CI: 28.5%-44.0%)
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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