Diagnostic Accuracy of Contrast-Enhanced FLAIR Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Diagnosis of Meningitis Correlated with CSF Analysis

Table 1

Comparison between this study and other studies highlighting the importance of postcontrast FLAIR in the diagnosis of meningitis.

Studies	Postcontrast FLAIR	Postcontrast T1W	Noncontrast FLAIR	Postcontrast T1W FAT SAT
This study	More sensitive	Less sensitive	—	—
Allesandra et al. (2005) [11]	More sensitive	Less sensitive	—	—
Parmar et al. (2006) [7]	Similar sensitivity but higher specificity	Similar sensitivity but lower specificity	—	—
Singer et al. (1998) [13]	—	Less sensitive than noncontrast FLAIR	More sensitive than postcontrast T1W	—
Tsuchiya et al. (1997) [14]	—	Better than noncontrast FLAIR	Better than conventional T2 or proton density	—
Falzone et al. (2008) [15]	More sensitive than postcontrast T1W in enhancing parenchymal lesions	Less sensitive than postcontrast T1W in enhancing parenchymal lesions	—	—
Galassia et al. (2005) [16]	Less sensitive than postcontrast T1W FAT SAT.	—	—	More sensitive than contrast-enhanced FLAIR
Ercan et al. (2004) [17]	Postcontrast FLAIR is a valuable adjunct to postcontrast T1W	Postcontrast T1W is essential.	—	—