Molecular assays in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Pammi, Mohan ^a   Flores, Angela ^a   Leeflang, Mariska ^b   Versalovic, James ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic accuracy; Meta analyses; Molecular; Neonate; PCR; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 80053536416     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1208     Document Type: Review

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