Diagnostic Performance of Various Tests and Criteria Employed in Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis: A Latent Class Analysis

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 4; p. e61105
• Main Authors: Agarwal, Ritesh, Maskey, Dipesh, Aggarwal, Ashutosh Nath, Saikia, Biman, Garg, Mandeep, Gupta, Dheeraj, Chakrabarti, Arunaloke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 12.04.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; Allergies; Analysis; Antigens; Aspergillosis; Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary - diagnosis; Aspergillus; Aspergillus fumigatus; Asthma; Attenuation; Biology; Bronchiectasis; Chest; Computed tomography; Criteria; Cystic fibrosis; Diagnosis; Diagnostic systems; Diagnostic tests; Diagnostic Tests, Routine - methods; Female; Fungal infections; Health education; Humans; Immunoglobulin E; Immunology; Latent class analysis; Leukocytes (eosinophilic); Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical imaging; Medical tests; Medicine; Mucus; Precipitins; Pulmonary aspergillosis; Sensitivity; Sensitivity analysis; Sensitivity and Specificity; Skin; Skin tests; Statistics as Topic; Tomography

The efficiency of various investigations and diagnostic criteria used in diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) remain unknown, primarily because of the lack of a gold standard. Latent class analysis (LCA) can provide estimates of sensitivity and specificity in absence of gold s...