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Table 3 Performance of the array and culture for diagnosis of onychomycosis

From: Rapid detection of dermatophytes and Candida albicansin onychomycosis specimens by an oligonucleotide array

Method

Performance (95% confidence interval), %

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

Positive predictive value

Negative predictive value

Array

100 (82.2-100)**

84.6 (54.5-97.6)

90.5 (69.6-98.6)

100 (71.3-100)*

Culture

52.6 (28.9-75.5)

100 (75.1-100)

100 (69.0-100)

59.1(36.4-79.3)

  1. **p <0.01 by 2-tailed Fisher exact test.
  2. *p <0.05 by 2-tailed Fisher exact test.