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Table 4
Sensitivity and specificity of different diagnostic methods for Blastocystis sp. using the PCR method as the gold standard.
| Light microscope | Jones’ medium culture | |
|---|---|---|
| Sensitivity | 31% | 76.1% |
| Specificity | 100% | 100% |
| PPV | 100% | 100% |
| NPV | 40.96% | 66.67% |
| Accuracy | 53.33% | 83.81% |
| Kappa agreement | 0.225 | 0.673 |
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