Commercial nucleic acid amplification tests in tuberculous meningitis-a meta-analysis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 398-403

  Solomons, Regan S ^a   Van Elsland, Sabine L ^a,b   Visser, Douwe H ^b   Hoek, Kim G P ^a   Marais, Ben J ^c   Schoeman, Johan F ^a   Van Furth, Anne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Diagnostic accuracy; Nucleic acid amplification tests; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; META ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 84895859830     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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