In conclusion, PCR for the detection of toxigenic C. difficile has a high sensitivity and can rule out CDI, but it cannot differentiate CDI from asymptomatic carriage.
PCR for the detection of toxigenic C. difficile has a high sensitivity and can rule out CDI, but cannot differentiate CDI from asymptomatic carriage.
A BARD score of less than 2 in hospital populations of NAFLD has a high negative predictive value to rule out significant hepatic fibrosis.
Stress single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has a high negative predictive value to rule out CHD and does not require the use of contrast medium.
When a country has a high degree of regional self-rule, and when decentralization affects taxation powers and welfare functions, the issue may be seen largely through the lens of redistribution and efficiency, as was the case with Switzerland's 2001 fiscal equalization reforms or those of Germany in 2009.
Similarly, because the test has a high specificity, a positive result would rule in drug resistance.
The method uses a hidden Markov model with a fragment length-dependent classification rule and has a high sensitivity and specificity, even for sequences as short at 100 nucleotides.
However, over recent years, various studies supported the hypothesis that a non-diagnostic US study (without US visibility of the appendix) might have a high NPV to rule out AA in specific patient populations and in specific clinical settings [27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32].
The public sector is said to have a high degree of rules and regulations with a steeply hierarchal structure, as well as numerous protocols and red tape, which lead to frustration among professionals (participants 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8).
Similarly, in complex territorial and cooperative breeding bird communities (such as the Australian magpie) that have a high degree of etiquettes, rules, hierarchies, play, songs and negotiations, rule-breaking seems tolerated on occasions not obviously related to survival of the individual or group; behaviour often appearing to exhibit a touching gentleness and tenderness.
