Establishment and Performance Evaluation of Multiplex PCR-Dipstick DNA Chromatography for Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae Rapid Detection

Table 3

Comparison of clinical specimens of CP data between multiplex PCR-dipstick chromatography assay, DNA sequencing, and CP-IgM.

PCR-dipstickchromatography	DNA sequencing		Total	value	CP-IgM		Total	value
	Positive	Negative		Kappa value	Positive	Negative		Kappa value
Positive	20	0	20		11	9	20
Negative	1	279	280	Kappa = 0.974	1	279	280	Kappa = 0.671
Total	21	279	300		12	288	300