ESAT-6 and Ag85A Synthetic Peptides as Candidates for an Immunodiagnostic Test in Children with a Clinical Suspicion of Tuberculosis

Table 3

Antipeptide test diagnostic accuracy.

	Peptide	Sensitivity (%)	Confidence interval	Specificity (%)	Confidence interval	Positive likelihood ratio	Negative likelihood ratio	Positive predictive value	Negative predictive value
Indigenous	29880	100	90.4-100.0	—	—	1.26	0.00	37.8	100
	29879	94.6	81.8-99.2	—	—	1.87	0.11	47.3	95.0
	10997	94.6	81.8-99.2	—	—	1.14	0.32	35.4	86.7
	11003	—	—	97.4	90.9-99.6	12.5	0.69	85.7	75.0
	11004	—	—	93.5	85.5-97.8	7.91	0.52	79.2	80.0
Creole	12036	100	75.1-100.0	—	—	3.94	0.00	44.8	100
	12037	92.3	63.9-98.7	—	—	2.08	0.14	30.0	97.2
	12035	84.6	54.5-97.6	—	—	2.42	0.24	33.3	95.3
	12033	—	—	95.3	86.7-99.0	8.08	0.65	62.5	88.2
	12034	—	—	93.8	84.5-98.2	7.27	0.57	60.0	89.4