Table 2 Comparison of Microscopy, FISH and RDT with Microscopy + PCR as Gold Standard
Test | % (95% Confidence limit) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sensitivity | Specificity | Positive predictive value | Negative predictive value | |
RDT | 91.1(83.4–95.4) | 78.8 (70.0–85.6) | 96.0 (92.2–97.9) | 89.6 (84.8–93.1) |
Microscopy | 82.2 (73.1–88.8) | 100.0 (95.1–100.0) | 93.0 (88.9–95.6) | 100.0 (98.2–100.0) |
FISH | 85.6 (76.8–91.4) | 90.6 (82.5–95.2) | 94.0 (90.0–96.5) | 96.2 (92.7–98.1) |
PCR | 98.9 (94.0–99.8) | 100.0 (95.9–100.0) | 99.5 (97.4–99.9) | 100.0 (98.2–100.0) |