Diagnostic accuracy of semi-quantitative and quantitative culture techniques for the diagnosis of catheter-related infections in newborns and molecular typing of isolated microorganisms

Table 4 Sensitivity and specificity of the techniques analyzed and kappa coefficient

Technique	Sensitivity	Specificity	Kappa	95% CI
Technique	Sensitivity	Specificity	Kappa	Lower	Upper
Semi-quantitative	72.7	95.7	0.6872	0.4797	0.8947
Quantitative	59.2	94.4	0.4915	0.2677	0.7154
PFGE	82.6	100	0.8193	0.6532	0.9854

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