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Table 2 Efficacy of SS-LAMP assay compared to gold standard LJ culture

From: Development and evaluation of an in-house single step loop-mediated isothermal amplification (SS-LAMP) assay for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in sputum samples from Moroccan patients

 

LJ Culture

Sensitivity %

Specificity %

Negative likelihood ratio

Positive likelihood ratio

Positive

Negative

LAMP (n = 157)

  

82.93

99.14

0.17

96.20

 Positive

34

1

    

 Negative

7

115

 

%95CI =

67.94 - 92.85

95.29 – 99.98

0.09 - 0.34

13.60 - 680.51