Clin Chem Lab Med 2014; 52(11): 1677

Corrigendum
Carolien Bonroy*, Charlotte Verfaillie, Vanessa Smith, Lies Persijn, Evy De Witte, Filip De
Keyser and Katrien Devreese

Automated indirect immunofluorescence

antinuclear antibody analysis is a standardized
alternative for visual microscope interpretation
DOI 10.1515/cclm-2014-5002

in Clin Chem Lab Med 2013;51(9):17711779.

DOI 10.1515/cclm-2013-0016
The authors noticed an error in one of our published
articles. The terms sensitivity and specificity (but not the
numbers) were switched.
In the Results section (Analytical performance characteristics of the automated ANA IIF) the following is stated:

*Corresponding author: Carolien Bonroy, Ghent University Hospital

(2P8), De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium,
Phone: +32 9 3323631, Fax: +32 9 3324985,
E-mail: carolien.bonroy@uzgent.be
Charlotte Verfaillie, Lies Persijn, Evy De Witte and Katrien Devreese:
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital,
Ghent, Belgium
Vanessa Smith and Filip De Keyser: Department of Rheumatology,
Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

When the negative/uncertains were categorized as negative, sensitivity stayed high (156/157=99%), but specificity
decreased towards 52% (n=69/132).
This should read correctly:
When the negative/uncertains were categorized as negative, specificity increased (156/157=99%), but s ensitivity
decreased towards 52% (n=69/132).

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