Fig 1.
Flow diagram of the selection process for eligible studies.
Fig 2.
Methodological quality assessment of included studies.
Table 1.
Characteristics of included studies for meta-analysis.
Fig 3.
Forest plots of sensitivity of sonication fluid PCR for PJI diagnosis.
Fig 4.
Forest plots of specificity of sonication fluid PCR for PJI diagnosis.
Fig 5.
Forest plots of positive likelihood ratio of sonication fluid PCR for PJI diagnosis.
Fig 6.
Forest plots of negative likelihood ratio of sonication fluid PCR for PJI diagnosis.
Fig 7.
Forest plots of diagnostic odds ratio of sonication fluid PCR for PJI diagnosis.
Fig 8.
Summary of SROC of sonication fluid PCR for PJI diagnosis.
Fig 9.
Pre-test probabilities and likelihood ratios (LR) for sonication fluid PCR.
Fig 10.
Forest plots of subgroup analyses of sensitivity and specificity.
Table 2.
Summary results of subgroup analysis.