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Culture/India ink staining
|
Performance characteristics (%)
|
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Positive
|
Negative
|
Se
|
Sp
|
PPV
|
NPV
|
---|
LF-RPA
|
Pos
|
40
|
3
|
95.2a
|
95.8b
|
93.0c
|
97.2d
|
Neg
|
2
|
69
|
CrAg Lateral Flow Assay
|
Pos
|
42
|
0
|
100e
|
100f
|
100
|
100
|
Neg
|
0
|
72
|
- Pos: positive; Neg: negative; Se: sensitivity; Sp: specificity; PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value; CI: confidence interval.
- a 95% CI: 83.84%-99.42%; b 95% CI: 88.30%-99.13%; c 95% CI: 81.46%-97.59%; d 95% CI: 89.91%-99.26%; e 95% CI: 91.59%-100.00%; f 95% CI: 95.01%-100.00%.