Study characteristics

AuthorYearReference StandardaImage GuidanceBiopsy TypePathogensPrior AntibioticsTPFNFPTNTotal Patients
Spira et al212016MRICTCoreMixedNR102434
Agarwal et al52016MixedMixedCoreMixedMixed3094124
Brinjikji et al222015MRIMixedNRMixedMixed383977
Kim et al232015NRNRNRPyogenicNone385290
Chang et al182015HistopathologyCTCoreMixedMixed292642988
Garg et al242014MixedCTCoreMixedMixed166884
Choi et al192014MRIMixedNRMixedMixed1232145
Tachibana et al252014NRNRNRPyogenicNR111728
Gras et al262014MRICTNRPyogenicNone7613
Aagaard et al272013MixedNRNRPyogenicNR5977136
Kim et al282013MixedFluoroscopyCoreMixedNone5183134
Gasbarrini et al292012MRICTCoreMixedNone121426
Cebrián Parra et al302012MRINRNRMixedNR101424
Heyer et al312012HistopathologyCTCoreMixedMixed102030
Nam et al322011MixedMixedNRMixedMixed282856
Marschall et al132011MRIMixedNRPyogenicMixed4087127
Shibayama et al332010NRFluoroscopyFNAPyogenicNR322860
de Lucas et al342009MixedCTFNAMixedMixed11112
Yang et al122008HistopathologyCTCoreMixedNR202646
Michel et al352006MRICTCoreMixedNone151732
Colmenero et al362004MixedMixedCoreTuberculosis/mycobacterialNR11718
Ben Taarit et al372002MixedMixedNRPyogenicNR121325
Nolla et al172002MixedCTNRPyogenicMixed251641
Pertuiset et al391999MixedFluoroscopyNRTuberculosis/mycobacterialNR111021
Jiménez-Mejías et al111999MixedNRNRPyogenicNR426
Vinicoff et al401998NRCTCorePyogenicNR381250
Fouquet et al411996NRNRCoreMixedNR426
Bateman et al421995MixedNRNRNRMixed12618
Al Soub et al431994MixedCTNRMixedNR523183
Cotty et al441988NRFluoroscopyCoreMixedMixed19928
Ernst451984NRFluoroscopyNRPyogenicNR362561
Seignon et al461980NRNRFNAMixedNR16420
Duquennoy et al471979NRNRFNAMixedNR161430
  • Note:—FN indicates false-negative; FNA, fine needle aspiration; FP, false-positive; NR, not recorded in original study; TN, true-negative; TP, true-positive.

  • a All studies used clinical characteristics in addition to the reference standards listed.