Table 2

Accuracy estimates of 11 included studies

TestSensitivity (95% CI)Specificity (95% CI)AUROC (95% CI)LR+ (95% CI)LR− (95% CI)Publication biasI2 (%)
Campylobacter
 Luminex xTAG0.92 (0.86 to 0.96)0.98 (0.96 to 0.99)0.99 (0.98 to 1.00)55 (21 to 140)0.08 (0.04 to 0.14)0.9495.73
 FilmArray0.95 (0.87 to 0.98)0.99 (0.98 to 1.00)0.99 (0.94 to 1.00)120 (47 to 330)0.05 (0.02 to 0.13)0.9363.26
Clostridium difficile
 Luminex xTAG0.95 (0.91 to 0.97)0.98 (0.96 to 0.99)0.99 (0.97 to 1.00)49 (24 to 100)0.06 (0.04 to 0.09)0.0788.33
 FilmArray0.97 (0.90 to 0.99)0.97 (0.96 to 0.98)1.00 (0.98 to 1.00)35 (26 to 47)0.03 (0.01 to 0.11)0.5410.43
E. coli O157
 Luminex xTAG0.87 (0.72 to 0.95)0.99 (0.99 to 1.00)0.96 (0.93 to 0.98)150 (72 to 330)0.13 (0.05 to 0.28)0.7271.10
ETEC
 Luminex xTAG0.88 (0.63 to 0.97)0.99 (0.94 to 1.00)0.99 (0.91 to 1.00)60 (13 to 290)0.13 (0.03 to 0.38)0.4264.46
 FilmArray0.92 (0.67 to 0.98)0.99 (0.99 to 1.00)1.00 (0.90 to 1.00)150 (80 to 280)0.08 (0.02 to 0.33)0.190.00
Salmonella
 Luminex xTAG0.85 (0.80 to 0.90)0.97 (0.92 to 0.99)0.97 (0.95 to 0.98)33 (11 to 100)0.15 (0.11 to 0.21)0.1496.61
 FilmArray0.94 (0.84 to 0.98)1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)1.00 (0.98 to 1.00)210 (110 to 400)0.06 (0.02 to 0.16)0.1573.03
STEC stx1/stx2
 Luminex xTAG0.92 (0.81 to 0.97)0.99 (0.99 to 1.00)0.99 (0.96 to 1.00)130 (65 to 270)0.08 (0.03 to 0.19)0.0341.95
 FilmArray0.96 (0.85 to 0.99)0.99 (0.99 to 1.00)1.00 (0.96 to 1.00)190 (100 to 350)0.04 (0.01 to 0.15)0.2589.16
Shigella or Shigella/EIEC
 Luminex xTAG0.95 (0.88 to 0.98)0.99 (0.97 to 0.99)1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)76 (36 to 160)0.06 (0.02 to 0.12)0.9895.69
 FilmArray0.95 (0.87 to 0.98)1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)440 (170 to 1200)0.05 (0.02 to 0.13)0.1535.89
Yersinia enterocolitica
 Luminex xTAG0.48 (0.31 to 0.65)1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)0.91 (0.81 to 1.00)230 (45 to 1200)0.53 (0.35 to 0.69)0.9372.88
Adenovirus 40/41
 Luminex xTAG0.70 (0.42 to 0.88)0.99 (0.99 to 1.00)0.96 (0.94 to 0.99)96 (53 to 160)0.30 (0.12 to 0.58)0.782.23
 FilmArray0.90 (0.69 to 0.97)0.99 (0.98 to 1.00)0.99 (0.94 to 1.00)100 (55 to 180)0.10 (0.03 to 0.31)0.0486.80
Norovirus GI/GII
 Luminex xTAG0.88 (0.82 to 0.93)0.98 (0.95 to 0.99)0.97 (0.96 to 0.99)37 (16 to 85)0.12 (0.08 to 0.19)0.8589.74
 FilmArray0.92 (0.86 to 0.95)0.99 (0.98 to 1.00)0.99 (0.97 to 1.00)120 (61 to 230)0.08 (0.05 to 0.14)0.8571.76
Rotavirus A
 Luminex xTAG0.93 (0.90 to 0.96)0.99 (0.98 to 1.00)0.99 (0.99 to 1.00)100 (52 to 200)0.07 (0.04 to 0.10)0.7488.05
 FilmArray0.93 (0.75 to 0.98)0.99 (0.97 to 0.99)1.00 (0.96 to 1.00)76 (35 to 160)0.07 (0.02 to 0.25)0.2192.42
Cryptosporidium
 Luminex xTAG0.82 (0.63 to 0.92)0.99 (0.97 to 1.00)0.98 (0.89 to 1.00)96 (22 to 410)0.18 (0.08 to 0.37)0.0137.52
 FilmArray0.92 (0.68 to 0.98)1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)1.00 (0.92 to 1.00)230 (110 to 490)0.08 (0.02 to 0.32)0.150.00
Entamoeba histolytica
 Luminex xTAG0.70 (0.33 to 0.92)0.99 (0.97 to 0.99)0.99 (0.85 to 1.00)59 (18 to 160)0.30 (0.08 to 0.68)0.180.00
Giardia lamblia
 Luminex xTAG0.81 (0.52 to 0.94)0.98 (0.95 to 0.99)1.00 (0.95 to 1.00)36 (13 to 85)0.19 (0.06 to 0.49)0.2264.59
 FilmArray0.91 (0.69 to 0.98)1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)1.00 (0.93 to 1.00)200 (100 to 390)0.09 (0.02 to 0.31)0.080.00
Astrovirus
 FilmArray0.96 (0.85 to 0.99)1.00 (0.98 to 1.00)0.99 (0.91 to 1.00)300 (55 to 1600)0.04 (0.01 to 0.15)0.0890.16
Sapovirus
 FilmArray0.96 (0.83 to 0.99)0.99 (0.99 to 1.00)1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)170 (66 to 430)0.04 (0.01 to 0.17)0.3584.54
  • AUROC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; E. coli, Escherichia coli; EIEC, Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli; ETEC, Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli; LR−, negative likelihood ratio; LR+, positive likelihood ratio; STEC, Shiga-like Toxin producing Escherichia coli.