Table 3.
Diagnostic performance for invasive fungal infection according to data extracted from different studies
| Author (reference) | Reference standardb | True positive | False negative | False positive | True negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obayashi et al. (43) | Autopsy, microbiologically documented | 37 | 4 | 0 | 153 |
| Mitsutake et al. (38) | Microbiological culture from blood or sterile material or autopsy | 32 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
| Moro et al. (40) | Similar criteria (Japanese guideline) | 7 | 0 | 13 | 82 |
| Odabasi-1 et al.a (45) | Microbiological culture from blood | 29 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
| Odabasi-2 et al.a (45) | EORTC/MSG | 15 | 0 | 10 | 220 |
| Kondori et al. (26) | Microbiological culture from blood or sterile material | 14 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Kawazu et al. (24) | EORTC/MSG | 6 | 5 | 2 | 123 |
| Horiguchi (20) | EORTC/MSG | 7 | 1 | 9 | 52 |
| Pickering et al. (49) | Histopathologic examination or blood culture | 15 | 1 | 16 | 44 |
| Pazos et al. (47) | EORTC/MSG | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 |
| Ostrosky-Zeichner et al. (46) | EORTC/MSG | 95 | 22 | 22 | 148 |
| Yoshida et al. (60) | Similar criteria (Japanese guideline) | 11 | 1 | 14 | 81 |
| Fujita et al. (14) | Microbiological culture from blood | 72 | 4 | 28 | 147 |
| Akamatsu et al. (2) | EORTC/MSG | 12 | 7 | 26 | 130 |
| Alam et al. (3) | Microbiological culture from blood | 14 | 13 | 0 | 26 |
| Lu et al. (33) | Histopathologic examination or blood culture | 25 | 3 | 5 | 50 |
| Persat et al. (48) | EORTC/MSG | 70 | 26 | 39 | 123 |
| Senn et al. (54) | EORTC/MSG | 20 | 10 | 28 | 85 |
| Obayashi et al. (44) | Autopsy | 39 | 2 | 9 | 98 |
| Presterl et al. (50) | Microbiological culture from blood or sterile material | 12 | 11 | 14 | 44 |
| Koo et al. (27) | EORTC/MSG | 50 | 23 | 124 | 635 |
| Hachem et al. (16) | EORTC/MSG | 29 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| Lunel et al. (34) | Microbiological culture from blood or sterile material | 16 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| Zhao et al. (62) | EORTC/MSG | 18 | 4 | 19 | 89 |
| Racil et al. (51) | EORTC/MSG | 8 | 1 | 51 | 35 |
| Leon et al. (29) | Histopathologic examination or microbiological culture from blood or sterile material | 14 | 4 | 105 | 117 |
| Liu et al. (32) | EORTC/MSG | 15 | 5 | 6 | 61 |
| Yu et al. (61) | EORTC/MSG | 5 | 3 | 32 | 72 |
| Hirata et al. (19) | EORTC/MSG | 8 | 2 | 2 | 196 |
| Acosta et al. (1) | EORTC/MSG | 7 | 2 | 7 | 31 |
| Alexander et al. (4) | EORTC/MSG | 8 | 3 | 54 | 5 |
a
Since the article by Odabasi included two studies, Odabasi-1 indicates a case-control study and Odabasi-2 indicates a retrospective cohort study.
b
EORTC/MSG, the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Mycoses Study Group criteria.