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Sensitivity Specificity False-Positive False-Negative Contingency Table / confusion matrix

Sensitivity refers to the test's ability to correctly
Sensitivity Specificity ... False-Positive ... False-Negative Contingency ... Table / confusion ... #Contingency #Table
Summary of the therapeutic uses of adrenergic agonists
Table of Catecholamine Pressors, Non-Catecholamines, Alpha and Beta Receptor
adrenergic agonists Table ... Non-Catecholamines, Alpha and Beta ... Receptors #Targets #Specificity ... #Alpha #Beta #Table
1,3 Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan - Pathogens, and Testing Characteristics
1,3 ß-D-glucan:
 • Most fungi excluding mucor and
1,3 Beta-D-Glucan ... and pneumocystis False ... other fungi • False ... positives: Beta ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan ... Galactomannan Beta-D-Glucan ... Sensitivity & Specificity ... breakthrough IFI in HM • False ... recipients, CGD pts • False
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan ... Testing Sensitivity Specificity ... and False Positives ... 1,3-Beta-D-Glucan ... 96% • Higher specificity
(1,3)-β-d-glucan
Abundant cell wall polysaccharide, found in most fungi, except cryptococci, zygomycetes (mucor, rhizophus) and blastomyces.
Sensitivity 64%-93%;
Sensitivity 64%-93%; Specificity ... 87%-100% False ... 3)-ß-d-glucan False ... TheIDtrivia #beta ... dglucan #glucan #betad
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
Biostatistics Summary Meta-Analysis ... Specificity (rule ... FN) Higher specificity ... null when it’s false ... when it is indeed false