Leprosy: A Review of Epidemiology, Clinical Diagnosis, and Management

Table 2

Comparisons between the sensitivity and specificity among the various diagnostic tests for leprosy.

Diagnostic tests	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)
Slit skin smear test	50	100
Skin biopsy test	49–70	70–72
Lepromin test	20–25 (low dose) 10–15 (high dose)	95–100 (low dose) 60–70 (high dose)
PCR	67.9–81.5	91.4–96.5
Serological test (phenolic glycolipid 1)	55.0–71.8	86.9–93.9