Diagnostic Utility of Broad Range Bacterial 16S rRNA Gene PCR with Degradation of Human and Free Bacterial DNA in Bloodstream Infection Is More Sensitive Than an In-House Developed PCR without Degradation of Human and Free Bacterial DNA

Table 3

Measures of test performance for BC, ST, and IHP against a constructed gold standard. PPV = positive predictive value, NPV = negative predictive value, ST = SepsiTest, IHP = in-house PCR, and BC = blood cultures.

	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	PPV (%)	NPV (%)
ST	52.6	100	100	30.8
IHP	15.8	100	100	20
BC	15.8	100	100	20