Diagnostic value of the cerebrospinal fluid lipoarabinomannan assay for tuberculous meningitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This systematic review aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lipoarabinomannan (LAM) assays in detecting tuberculous meningitis (TBM).

Methods

A systematic review search was conducted in PubMed and five other databases up to April 2023. Studies that evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of CSF LAM assays were included with either definitive or composite reference standard used as the preferred reference standard. The quality of the included studies was assessed using the QUADAS-2 tool. We performed a bivariate random-effects meta-analysis and calculated the summary diagnostic statistics.

Results

A total of six studies, including a sample size of 999, were included in the final analysis. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, and are

SUBMITTER: Chen YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10552265 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature