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Table 2 Performance result of the SD BIOLINE H. pylori Ag rapid test and dBest H. pylori Test Disk rapid Antibody test using EZ- STEP ELISA and SD H. pylori Ag ELISA test as standard at University of Gondar Hospital, 2015

From: Evaluation of SD BIOLINE H. pylori Ag rapid test against double ELISA with SD H. pylori Ag ELISA and EZ-STEP H. pylori Ag ELISA tests

Type of test

Sensitivity %(95%CI)

Specificity %(95%CI)

PPV %(95%CI)

NPV %(95%CI)

Kappa value N(95%CI)

P value

Ag rapid test (SD BIOLINE)

95.6 (88.8–98.8)

92.5 (89–94.1)

86.7 (80.5–89.6)

97.6 (93.9–99.3)

0.859 (0.759–0.906)

< 0.001

Antibody rapid test (dBest)

75 (65.3–83.5)

30.8 (25.9–35.1)

35.7 (31.1–39.7)

70.7 (59.4–80.6)

0.046 (−0.069–0.147)

0.416

  1. Ag Antigen, CI confidence interval, ELISA Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay, N number, NPV negative predictive value, PPV positive predictive value, SD Standard Diagnostics