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Table 1 Positive, negative, and overall agreement between SCFIA and the gold standard

From: Evaluation of a rapid fluorescence immunoassay for detecting Campylobacter antigens in stool samples

Comparison vs. gold standard

Prospective samples

Retrospective samples

Prospective + retrospective samples

pos (n)

neg (n)

pos (n)

neg (n)

pos (n)

neg (n)

SCFIA

pos (n)

31

2

92

NA

123

2

neg (n)

1

171

2

NA

3

171

Positive agreement (95% CI)

96.88

(82.00–99,84)

97.87

(91.79–99.63)

97.62 (92.67–99.38)

Negative agreement (95% CI)

98.84

(95.45–99.80)

NA

98.84 (95.45–99.80)

Overall agreement

98.54

97.87

98.33

  1. CI, confidence interval; n, total number; NA, not applicable; neg, negative; pos, positive
  2. Gold standard refers to positivity in the BD MAX polymerase chain reaction test