Review Article
The Accuracy of 16S rRNA Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis: A Meta-Analysis
Table 1
The important features of the 19 articles included in this meta-analysis.
| Author | Year | Country | TP | TN | FN | FP | Specimen | Center | Threshold |
| İstanbullu K [25] | 2019 | Turkey | 1 | 2 | 5 | 92 | Blood | Single | Florescence | EL-Amir [26] | 2019 | Egypt | 51 | 0 | 13 | 11 | Venous | Single | 380 base pairs and 212 | Yu R [12] | 2020 | China | 31 | 25 | 0 | 4 | Blood | Single | 1380 bp | Punia H [27] | 2017 | India | 66 | 3 | 0 | 31 | Blood | Single | 203 bp | Midan DA [28] | 2016 | Egypt | 28 | 4 | 0 | 8 | Intravenous | Single | Fluorescent sensor | Rohit A [29] | 2016 | India | 28 | 27 | 6 | 36 | Peripheral | Single | 996 bp | El Gawhary S [30] | 2015 | Egypt | 10 | 6 | 6 | 40 | Peripheral | Single | 200 bp | Dutta S [31] | 2009 | India | 50 | 7 | 2 | 183 | Blood | Single | 380 bp | Liu CL [32] | 2014 | China | 95 | 28 | 0 | 583 | Venous | Multicenter | 630 and 216 bp | Fujimori M [33] | 2010 | Japan | 6 | 9 | 0 | 24 | Arterial | Single | NA | Ohlin A [34] | 2008 | Sweden | 21 | 12 | 29 | 233 | Intravenous | Single | CP value with a range | Wu YD [35] | 2007 | China | 20 | 23 | 0 | 787 | Venous | Single | cycles | Jordan JA [36] | 2006 | USA | 7 | 30 | 10 | 1186 | Venous | Single | 380 bp | Makhoul IR [37] | 2005 | Israel | 9 | 0 | 4 | 202 | Venous | Single | 997 bp | Shang S [38] | 2005 | China | 8 | 9 | 0 | 155 | Venous | Single | 371 bp | Yadav AK [13] | 2005 | India | 9 | 4 | 0 | 87 | Venous | Single | 861 bp | Tong MQ [39] | 2004 | China | 8 | 9 | 0 | 268 | Venous | Single | 371 bp | Shang S [40] | 2001 | China | 26 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Blood & CFS | Single | 371 bp | Laforgia N [41] | 1997 | Italy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 27 | Venous | Single | 861 bp |
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