Diagnostic performance of visual CSF inspection across identified studies
| Study | N | Sens (%) | 95% CI | Spec (%) | 95% CI | FNR (%) | 95% CI | FPR (%) | 95% CI |
| Perry et al 40 | 220 | 50.0 | 0.0 to 100 | 96.8 | 94.4 to 99.1 | 50.0 | 0.0 to 100 | 3.21 | 0.9 to 5.6 |
| Dupont et al 35 | 117 | 92.9 | 79.4 to 100 | 95.1 | 91.0 to 99.3 | 7.1 | 0.0 to 20.6 | 4.85 | 0.7 to 9.0 |
| Gangloff et al 36 | 706 | 80.0 | 44.9 to 100 | 98.7 | 97.9 to 99.5 | 20.0 | 0.0 to 55.1 | 1.28 | 0.5 to 2.1 |
| Pooled (n=3) | 1043 | 84.9 | 60.0 to 95.5 | 97.6 | 95.3 to 98.8 | 15.1 | 4.5 to 40.1 | 2.43 | 1.23 to 4.75 |
FNR, false negative rate; FPR, false positive rate; N, number; Sens, sensitivity; Spec, specificity.