Table 3 |
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Sensitivity, Specificity, Negative/Positive Predictive values for the common diagnostic tests for clinical S. aureus |
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Test |
Sensitivity (%) |
Specificity (%) |
NPV (%) |
PPV (%) |
|
|
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|
MSA |
94 |
79 |
92 |
83 |
|
DNase |
75 |
96 |
77 |
96 |
|
1Human plasma |
91 |
11 |
33 |
54 |
|
2Sheep plasma |
81 |
7 |
25 |
50 |
|
MSA/DNase |
96 |
92 |
92 |
96 |
|
Human plasma/MSA |
33 |
100 |
100 |
82 |
|
Human plasma/DNase |
75 |
100 |
100 |
95 |
|
Human plasma/DNase/MSA |
75 |
100 |
100 |
94 |
|
Sheep plasma/MSA |
25 |
100 |
100 |
80 |
|
Sheep plasma/DNase |
50 |
100 |
100 |
95 |
|
Sheep plasma/MSA/DNase |
67 |
100 |
100 |
95 |
|
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1: Tube coagulase (human plasma) 2: Tube coagulase (sheep plasma) MSA: Mannitol salt agar DNase: Deoxyribonuclease PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction |
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Kateete et al. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2010 9:23 doi:10.1186/1476-0711-9-23 |
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