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Table 4 Overall accuracy of gene signatures in distinct patient populations

From: Systematic comparison of published host gene expression signatures for bacterial/viral discrimination

Parameter

Bacterial vs. non-bacterial

Viral vs. non-viral

Accuracy (%)

p-value

N (subjects/studies)

Accuracy (%)

p-value

N (subjects/studies)

All subjects

79 (78–80)

-

2887/31

84 (83–85)

-

3584/37

Pathogen

-

-

-

-

-

-

All Bacteriala

81 (79–83)

-

951/31

-

-

-

Burkholderia pseudomallei

90 (85–93)

0.010

45/2

-

-

-

Escherichia coli

84 (79–89)

0.972

64/7

-

-

-

Staphylococcus aureus

83 (79–87)

0.972

118/8

-

-

-

Staphylococcus, other

91 (88–94)

< 0.001

58/4

-

-

-

Streptococcus pneumoniae

83 (76–89)

0.972

39/6

-

-

-

Streptococcus, other

82 (75–88)

0.972

43/8

-

-

-

 Intracellular bacteria

83 (79–88)

0.178

100/4

-

-

-

 Extracellular bacteria

84 (81–86)

0.173

415/17

-

-

-

All Virala

-

-

-

82 (80–83)

-

1679/37

 Adenovirus

-

-

-

74 (62–84)

0.030

30/2

 Enterovirus

-

-

-

84 (76–89)

0.937

58/3

 Influenza

-

-

-

89 (87–90)

< 0.001

431/19

 Rhinovirus

-

-

-

74 (70–78)

< 0.001

209/9

 RSV

-

-

-

81 (79–84)

0.083

406/13

Age

-

-

-

-

-

-

Adulta

82 (80–83)

-

1183/18

88 (86–89)

-

1268/14

12–18 years

82 (78–85)

0.299

132/6

88 (84–92)

0.631

95/6

2–11 years

70 (67–73)

< 0.001

373/7

79 (76–82)

< 0.001

352/10

3 months–1 year

73 (69–77)

< 0.001

183/8

80 (78–82)

< 0.001

576/17

<3 months

85 (82–88)

0.002

320/8

81 (79–84)

< 0.001

547/16

Race

-

-

-

-

-

-

All Subjectsa

77 (76–79)

-

1389/12

80 (78–81)

-

1157/12

 Asian

84 (79–89)

0.007

87/9

84 (76–91)

0.277

33/7

 Black

79 (75–82)

0.059

311/11

77 (73–81)

0.277

254/12

 White

76 (73–78)

0.028

684/11

80 (78–82)

0.784

686/12

 Other

71 (64–78)

0.010

72/5

74 (67-82)

0.277

79/6

Ethnicity

-

-

-

-

-

-

Not Hispanic or Latinoa

75 (73–77)

-

407/4

79 (77–81)

-

474/5

Hispanic or Latino

80 (77–84)

< 0.001

302/9

85 (81–88)

< 0.001

220/11

Severity

-

-

-

-

-

-

Non-ICUa

73 (66–79)

-

43/2

83 (79–86)

-

117/3

ICU

69 (66–73)

0.279

182/8

86 (82–90)

0.105

107/7

  1. Average accuracies and 95% confidence intervals of bacterial and viral classification, stratified by different clinical parameters. Only groups with at least fifteen subjects across at least two datasets were evaluated. P-values represent statistical significance, comparing the group to its reference population. N is represented by the number of subjects/the number of datasets used for validation. The “Intracellular Bacteria” group includes subjects with B. pseudomallei, S. typhi, and Mycoplasma infection. The “Extracellular Bacteria” group includes all other subjects with bacterial infection for which an identified pathogen was available. For comparisons related to “Race,” the “All Subjects” group represents all subjects for which racial information was available. a Indicates the reference population used for determination of significance