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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2011; 17(9): 1185-1191
Published online Mar 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i9.1185
Table 3 Comparison of diagnostic accuracy for detecting cytomegalovirus gastrointestinal disease between antigenemia assay and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (n = 47)
Sensitivity (95% CI)Specificity (95% CI)PPV (95% CI)NPV (95% CI)
CMV real-time PCR73.00% (57.4-84.4)100% (92.5-100)100% (92.5-100)50.00% (36.1-65.9)
CMV antigenemia assay64.90% (50.7-79.1)100% (92.5-100)100% (92.5-100)43.50% (28.3-57.8)