Table 4 Sensitivities and specificities of the electrochemical, phenotypic and automated identification methods of P. aeruginosa compared with PCR amplification of the 16s rRNA gene.
PANI/Au NPs/ITO electrode | Screen printed electrode | Phenotypic methods | Automated Method | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CV | SWV | CV | SWV | |||
Sensitivity | 85.7% | 100% | 42.9% | 71.4% | 71.4% | 85.7% |
Specificity | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
PPV | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
NPV | 66.6% | 100% | 33.3% | 50% | 50% | 66.6% |
