Table 2 Single symptoms at enrollment: relationship to positive dermatophyte culture (DC) and to positive direct examination (PDA) a
From: Tinea capitis in an immigrant pediatric community; a clinical signs-based treatment approach
Symptom | n/N | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | PPV (%) | NPV (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DC | PDA | DC | PDA | DC | PDA | DC | PDA | DC | PDA | |
Scaling | 58/64 | 63/65 | 90.63 | 96.92 | 8.33 | 45.45 | 84.06 | 91.3 | 14.29 | 71.43 |
Alopecia | 25/64 | 28/65 | 39.06 | 43.08 | 33.33 | 54.55 | 75.76 | 84 | 9.30 | 13 |
Pruritus | 5/64 | 8/65 | 7.81 | 12.31 | 66.67 | 90.91 | 55.56 | 88.89 | 11.94 | 14.93 |
Kerion with lymphadenopathy | 5/64 | 5/65 | 4.69 | 7.69 | 83.33 | 100 | 60 | 15.49 | 14.08 | 21.05 |