Table 1 Pilot depicting sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of stool antigenic test against XLD stool culture, Northeast, Ethiopia, 2021.

From: Rapid stool antigenic test for typhoid fever among suspected cases, Northeast, Ethiopia

 

XLD stool culture

Total

 

Positive

Negative

Stool antigenic test

 

 Positive

24

8

32

 

 Negative

8

80

88

 

Total

32

88

120

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Kappa

Diagnostic test parameters

 75%

90.9%

75%

90.9%

0.659