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Volume 21, Number 2—February 2015
CME ACTIVITY - Research

pH Level as a Marker for Predicting Death among Patients with Vibrio vulnificus Infection, South Korea, 2000–2011

Na Ra Yun, Dong-Min KimComments to Author , Jun Lee, and Mi Ah Han
Author affiliations: Chosun University School of Medicine, Gwangju, South Korea

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Table 4

Predictors of death among patients with Vibrio vulnificus infection, South Korea, 2000–2011*

Predictor Sensitivity, %
Predictive value, %
Likelihood ratio
Specificity, % Positive Negative Positive Negative
pH level
<7.30 87.5 94.4 93.3 89.5 15.63 0.13
<7.35 100.0 83.3 84.2 100.0 5.99 0
<7.40
100.0
61.1
69.6
100.0

2.57
0
APACHE II score
>13 87.5 61.1 66.7 84.6 2.25 0.20
>14 75.0 66.7 66.7 75.0 2.25 0.37
>15 75.0 77.8 75.0 77.8 3.38 0.32

*APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation.

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