Fig 1.
Flow chart showing the study selection process.
Table 1.
Characteristics of prospective cohort studies including BD Testing for the Diagnosis of IFDs.
Table 2.
Screening performance of invasive fungal infection based on data from different prospective studies.
Fig 2.
Summary of the methodological quality assessment of the reviewed studies according to the 14 QUADAS criteria.
Fig 3.
Forest plot of the pooled sensitivity and specificity of the BG assays for the diagnosis of IFDs.
Fig 4.
Summary receiver operating characteristic curve plots for the sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of IFDs.
Fig 5.
Linear regression of Deeks’ funnel plot asymmetry test for DORs (P = 0.055).
Table 3.
Pooled Test Performance of the Studies Included in the Meta-Analysis.