DOI: 10.1128/JCM.36.2.391-394.1998
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- Table 1.
Analysis of AMP CT performance with specimens from males and females before and after discrepant analysis
Gender, test, and result No. of samples with the following result: Before discrepant analysis After discrepant analysisa Culture positive Culture negative Resolved positive Resolved negative Female AMP CT of endocervical swab specimens (n = 479) Positive 39 28 65 2 Negative 0 412 0 412 AMP CT of urine specimens (n = 480) Positive 34 26 60 0 Negative 4 416 4 416 AMP CT of matched endocervical swab and urine specimens (n = 474) Positive 35 33 67 1 Negative 3 403 3 403 Male, AMP CT of urine specimens (n = 464) Positive 37 33 65 5 Negative 3 391 3 391 ↵a Discrepant analysis was performed by DFA staining of sedimented culture transport medium and by TMA with 16S rRNA as a target.
- Table 2.
Resolved performance characteristics for detectionC. trachomatis by AMP CT for gender and specimen type
Gender and test Sample type No. of samples Resolved performancea Sens. (%) Spec. (%) PPV (%) NPV (%) Female AMP CT Endocervical swab 479 100.0 99.5 97.0 100.0 AMP CT Urine 480 93.8 100.0 100.0 99.0 AMP CT Matched urine and endocervical swab 474 95.7 99.8 98.5 99.3 Culture Endocervical swab 474 54.3 100.0 100.0 92.7 Male AMP CT Urine 464 95.6 98.7 92.9 99.2 Culture Urethral swab 464 58.8 100.0 100.0 93.4 ↵a Sens., sensitivity; Spec., specificity; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.
