Clinical relevance of molecular testing methods in the diagnosis and guidance of therapy in patients with staphylococcal empyema: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical relevance of molecular testing methods in the diagnosis and guidance of therapy in patients with staphylococcal empyema: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BackgroundEfficient detection tools for determining staphylococcal pleural infection are critical for its eradication. The objective of this meta-analysis was to assess the diagnostic utility of nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) in suspected empyema cases to identify staphylococcal strains and...

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Main Authors: Suvash Chandra Ojha, Ke Chen, Yue Yuan, Sarfraz Ahmed, Aijaz Ahmad Malik, Mehru Nisha, Yun-Jian Sheng, Changfeng Sun, Gang Wu, Cun-Liang Deng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
pleural infection
NAAT accuracy
anti-staphylococcal therapy
systematic review
meta-analysis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.758833/full

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