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Results of the three PCRs for the diagnosis of suspected CMV infections in comparison to pp65 antigenemia (gold standard)a. |
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| Diagnostic test result |
pp65 Positives (n = 48) |
pp65 Negatives (n = 44) |
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| No. of Clinical specimens |
SENS (%) |
PPV (%) |
FN (%) |
No. of Clinical specimens |
SPEC (%) |
NPV (%) |
FP (%) |
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| PCR for mtrII positive |
48 |
100 |
87 |
0 |
7 |
84 |
100 |
14 |
| PCR for mtr II negative |
0 |
37 |
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| PCR for UL 83 positive |
27 |
56 |
87 |
44 |
4 |
91 |
66 |
8 |
| PCR for UL 83 negative |
21 |
40 |
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| PCR for gO positive |
21 |
44 |
91 |
56 |
2 |
95 |
61 |
4 |
| PCR for gO negative |
27 |
42 |
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aAbbreviations: SENS, sensitivity; PPV, Positive predictive value; FN, False negative; SPEC, specificity; NPV, Negative predictive value; FP, False positive | ||||||||
Sowmya et al. Virology Journal 2006 3:20 doi:10.1186/1743-422X-3-20 |
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