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Hagerstown: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
Erscheinungsjahr
2022
Quelle
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Background
Syphilis continues to be a public health problem, and its diagnosis still has limitations. Molecular diagnosis provides an alternative for rapid and effective management. The objective is to determine the accuracy of tests in the molecular diagnosis of syphilis.
Methods
We searched PubMed and Web of Sciences for articles related to molecular detection of syphilis from January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2019. The bivariate Reitsma model and the hierarchical receiver operating characteristic curve model were used to evaluate the diagnostic performance of molecular tests at a 95% confidence interval. A subgroup meta-analysis was performed to explore sources of heterogeneity.
Results
Forty-seven articles were identified for qualitative synthesis, of which 23 met the inclusion criteria for meta-analysis. The pooled sensitivities in conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and real-time PCR were 77.52 (59.50–89.01) and 68.43 (54.96–79.39), respectively. The pooled specificities were 98.00 (90.73–99.59) and 98.84 (97.55–99.46), respectively. Ulcer samples had a better performance (sensitivity of 79.88 [69.00–87.62] and specificity of 98.58 [97.25–99.27]), and the major target genes were the
polymerase A
gene and
tpp47
gene.
Conclusions
Our work showed that conventional PCR was more widely used than real-time PCR in the diagnosis of syphilis, and ulcers were the best specimens. Sample types and target genes are factors that may influence the quality of the different tests. These results could provide evidence for further work in the direction of providing a more efficient diagnostic test.