Table 2

Performance of the three diagnostic tests and 95% confidence intervals

Latex agglutinationWet prepCulture
Sensitivity (%)98.8 (95.9 to 99.9)81.5 (74.9 to 87.0)98.2 (95.0 to 99.6)
Specificity (%)92.1 (89.2 to 94.5)100 (99.2 to 100)100 (99.2 to 100)
Positive predictive value83.0 (77.2 to 87.9)100 (97.4 to 100)100 (97.9 to 100)
Negative predictive value99.5 (98.3 to 99.9)93.3 (90.7 to 95.4)99.5 (98.1 to 99.9)