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Table 4 Comparison of the prognostic accuracy of the A-DROP system and CURB-65 score and PSI

From: Non-HIV Pneumocystis pneumonia: do conventional community-acquired pneumonia guidelines under estimate its severity?

Sensitivity for mortality, %

 

A-DROP scores

3–5

12.5

 

CURB-65 scores

3–5

0

 

PSI risk classes

IV- V

87.5

Specificity for mortality, %

 

A-DROP scores

3–5

84.6

 

CURB-65 scores

3–5

84.6

 

PSI risk classes

IV- V

46.2

Positive predictive values for mortality, %

 

A-DROP scores

3–5

33.3

 

CURB-65 scores

3–5

0

 

PSI risk classes

IV- V

50

Negative predictive values for mortality, %

 

A-DROP scores

3–5

61.1

 

CURB-65 scores

3–5

57.9

 

PSI risk classes

IV- V

85.7

  1. *In PSI, relations of risk classes to net points are as follows:
  2. I: 0, II: 1–70, III: 71–90, IV: 91–130, V: >131.
  3. Table 4 legend - PCP, Pneumocystis pneumonia; PSI, pulmonary severity index.