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