An Overview of Meta-analyses of Diagnostic Tests in Infectious Diseases

被引：6

作者：

Cruciani, Mario ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Mengoli, Carlo ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Ctr Prevent Med & HIV Outpatient Clin, I-37135 Verona, Italy

[2] G Fracastoro Hosp, Verona, Italy

[3] Univ Padua, Infect Dis Specialty Sch, I-35100 Padua, Italy

[4] Univ Padua, Dept Histol Microbiol & Med Biotechnol, I-35100 Padua, Italy

来源：

INFECTIOUS DISEASE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA | 2009年 / 23卷 / 02期

关键词：

Review; Meta-analyses; Diagnostic test; Infectious diseases; Tuberculosis; ACID AMPLIFICATION TESTS; HELICOBACTER-PYLORI INFECTION; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION; POLYMERASE-CHAIN-REACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS; SCREENING-TESTS; RIFAMPICIN RESISTANCE; ADENOSINE-DEAMINASE; SMEAR MICROSCOPY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.idc.2009.01.010

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

This review summarizes meta-analyses evaluating the accuracy of diagnostic tests for infectious diseases. Systematic searches identified 55 meta-analyses that satisfied inclusion criteria of reporting diagnostic accuracy of an index test compared with a reference test. All reviews were assessed for methods and reporting. The overall assessment underlined problems in several key steps: reporting detailed information from primary studies about the study design and patient characteristics, reference and index tests characteristics, and review methods. The execution and reporting of systematic reviews of diagnostic tests need to be improved.

引用

页码：225 / +

页数：45

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