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Title: | Usefulness of sputum gram stain for etiologic diagnosis in community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
Author: | Rio Pertuz, Gaspar del Gutierrez, Juan F. Triana, Abel J. Molinares, Jorge L. Robledo Solano, Andrea B. Meza, Jose L. Ariza Bolivar, Orlando M. Acosta Reyes, Jorge Garavito, Argenis Viasus, Diego Carratalà, Jordi |
Keywords: | Pneumònia adquirida a la comunitat Metaanàlisi Esput Community-acquired pneumonia Meta-analysis Sputum |
Issue Date: | 10-May-2019 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Abstract: | Background: implementation of sputum Gram stain in the initial assessment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients is still controversial. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the usefulness of sputum Gram stain for defining the etiologic diagnosis of CAP in adult patients. Methods: we systematically searched the Medline, Embase, Science Direct, Scopus and LILACS databases for full-text articles. Relevant studies were reviewed by at least three investigators who extracted the data, pooled them using a random effects model, and carried out quality assessment. For each bacterium (Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Gram-negative bacilli), pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios were reported. Results: after a review of 3539 abstracts, 20 articles were included in the present meta-analysis. The studies included yielded 5619 patients with CAP. Pooled sensitivity and pooled specificity of sputum Gram stain were 0.59 (95% CI, 0.56-0.62) and 0.87 (95% CI, 0.86-0.89) respectively for S. pneumoniae, 0.78 (95% CI, 0.72-0.84) and 0.96 (95% CI, 0.94-0.97) for H. influenzae, 0.72 (95% CI, 0.53-0.87) and 0.97 (95% CI, 0.95-0.99) for S. aureus, and 0.64 (95% CI, 0.49-0.77) and 0.99 (95% CI, 0.97-0.99) for Gram-negative bacilli. Conclusion: Sputum Gram stain test is sensitive and highly specific for identifying the main causative pathogens in adult patients with CAP. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4048-6 |
It is part of: | BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019, vol. 19, num. 1, p. 403 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/171566 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4048-6 |
ISSN: | 1471-2334 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Ciències Clíniques) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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