Dried blood spots PCR assays to screen congenital cytomegalovirus infection: a meta-analysis.
Virol J
; 12: 60, 2015 Apr 14.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25889596
ABSTRACT
The performance of dried blood spots (DBS) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays in screening for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection varies between different studies. To determine whether the DBS PCR assay has sufficient accuracy to be used as a screening test for cCMV infection, we performed a meta-analysis of 15 studies (n = 26007 neonates) that evaluated the performance of DBS PCR tests in screening for cCMV infection and that met our inclusion criteria. The pooled sensitivity and specificity were 0.844 (95% CI = 0.812-0.872) and 0.999 (95% CI = 0.998-0.999), respectively, and the diagnostic odds ratio was 1362.10 (95%CI = 566.91-3272.60). As sensitivity analysis showed that the results were robust. In conclusion, the performance of DBS PCR assays for testing cCMV was more suitable for retrospective diagnosis than screening.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Cytomegalovirus Infections
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Cytomegalovirus
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Dried Blood Spot Testing
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Virol J
Journal subject:
VIROLOGIA
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China