Table 3 The performance of stool diagnostic techniques for diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis at Ayder referral hospital, 2016
From: Under diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis in a referral hospital, North Ethiopia
Diagnostic methods | Gold standard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | PPV (95% CI) | NPV (95% CI) | Kappa value | |
Wet mount | 35 (20.6–51.7) | 100 | 100 | 90.2 (88–92.1) | 0.48 |
Kato-Katz | 87.5 (73.2–95.8) | 100 (98.5–100) | 100 | 98 (95.5–99.1) | 0.92 |
FEC | 85 (70.2–94.3) | 99.6 (97.7–99.9) | 97.1 (82.7–99.6) | 97.6 (95–98.8) | 0.89 |