Additional file 4: of Accuracy of serum procalcitonin for the diagnosis of sepsis in neonates and children with systemic inflammatory syndrome: a meta-analysis

Forest plot of studies on PCT for diagnosis of sepsis in neonatal age. The forest plot represents in each study the sensitivity and the specificity of PCT, together with the 95% CI for diagnosis of sepsis in neonatal age stratified according cut-off subgroup. (CI, confidence interval; FP, false positive; FN, false negative; PCT, procalcitonin; TP, true positive; TN, true negative). (PDF 743Â kb)