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Table 2 Diagnostic accuracy of MicroDTTect and sonication compared to tissue culture, according to [13]

From: Cost-benefit analysis of antibiofilm microbiological techniques for peri-prosthetic joint infection diagnosis

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

Positive predictive value

Negative predictive value

Accuracy

MicroDTTect

85.7%

94.1%

94.7%

84.2%

89.5%

Sonication

71.4%

94.1%

93.7%

72.7%

81.6%

Tissue culture

71.4%

76.5%

78.9%

68.4%

73.7%