Table 3 Alere i RSV test sensitivity and specificity by admission diagnosis and age group
Alere i RSV test result | total | sensitivity in % (CI95) | Alere i RSV test result | total | specificity in % (CI95) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
true positive | false negative | true negative | false positive | |||||
213 | 16 | 229 | 93 (89–96) | 278 | 11 | 289 | 96 (93–98) | |
admission diagnosis | ||||||||
URTI | 21 | 0 | 21 | 100 (84–100) | 57 | 3 | 60 | 95 (86–99) |
LRTI | 159 | 6 | 165 | 96 (92–99) | 89 | 3 | 92 | 97 (91–99) |
non-respiratory | 33 | 10 | 43 | 77 (61–88) | 133 | 5 | 138 | 96 (92–99) |
age group | ||||||||
0–5 months | 112 | 2 | 114 | 98 (94–100) | 94 | 4 | 98 | 96 (90–99) |
6–11 months | 33 | 2 | 35 | 94 (81–99) | 40 | 1 | 41 | 98 (87–100) |
12–23 months | 34 | 7 | 41 | 83 (68–93) | 62 | 4 | 66 | 94 (85–98) |
≥ 2 years | 34 | 5 | 39 | 87 (73–96) | 83 | 2 | 85 | 98 (92–100) |