Table 3 |
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Summary of the test performance of the three methods. |
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| SPECIMEN TYPE |
TEST METHOD |
TEST PERFORMANCE |
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| Sensitivity (%) |
Specificity (%) |
PPV* (%) |
NPV+ (%) |
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| NPA <5 months (n = 53) |
NOW RSV |
10/12 (83) |
41/41 (100) |
100 |
95.35 |
| DIF |
12/12 (100) |
40/41 (97.6) |
92.31 |
100 |
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| CELL CULTURE |
6/12 (50) |
41/41 (100) |
100 |
87.23 |
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| NPA 5 months – 5 years (n = 27) |
NOW RSV |
4/4 (100) |
23/23 (100) |
100 |
100 |
| DIF |
4/4 (100) |
20/23 (87) |
57.14 |
100 |
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| CELL CULTURE |
4/4 (50) |
23/23 (100) |
100 |
92 |
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| BAL Adults (n = 9) |
NOW RSV |
1/3 (33.3) |
6/6 (100) |
100 |
75 |
| DIF |
3/3 (100) |
6/6 (100) |
100 |
100 |
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| CELL CULTURE |
3/3 (100) |
6/6 (100) |
100 |
100 |
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Jonathan Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2006 5:13 doi:10.1186/1476-0711-5-13 |
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