Oral Candidiasis among Cancer Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Chennai, South India: An Evaluation of Clinicomycological Association and Antifungal Susceptibility Pattern

Table 3

Sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value, positive predictive value, and the diagnostic accuracy of (a) direct gram staining versus culture positivity and (b) germ tube test positivity in identifying Candida albicans.

Parameter	Sensitivity	Specificity	Negative predictive value	Positive predictive value	Diagnostic accuracy
Direct gram staining	90.06%	100%	52.63%	100%	91.04%
Germ tube test	95.68%	95.40%	87.50%	98.52%	95.63%