| Culture/India ink staining | Performance characteristics (%) |
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Positive | Negative | Se | Sp | PPV | NPV |
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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%.