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Evaluación de herramientas de cribado de tuberculosis: un metaanálisis en red de una década de sensibilidad y

Diana Chusna Mufida¹, Muhammad Farhan Hibatulloh², Muhammad Yusuf Fadhil²

¹Departement of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jember, Jember, Indonesia.

Journal of global infectious diseases

|January 26, 2026

Resumen

El cribado preciso de la tuberculosis (TB) es vital. Los métodos moleculares como TB-MBLA y RT-MTB muestran potencial para una detección rápida y sensible, lo que ayuda al diagnóstico temprano y reduce la propagación de la TB.

Área de la Ciencia:

Salud Global
Enfermedades Infecciosas
Tecnologías de Diagnóstico

Sus antecedentes:

La tuberculosis (TB) presenta un desafío significativo para la salud mundial, lo que subraya la necesidad de herramientas de diagnóstico eficaces.
La identificación temprana y precisa de la TB es crucial para el manejo de la enfermedad y la prevención de la transmisión.

Objetivo del estudio:

Evaluar las tendencias de publicación en diagnósticos de TB de 2014 a 2024.
Comparar la sensibilidad y especificidad de varias herramientas de cribado de TB frente al estándar de oro (cultivo) utilizando metaanálisis en red.

Principales métodos:

Se emplearon bibliometría y metaanálisis en red (NMA).
Se realizaron búsquedas bibliográficas en siete bases de datos (2014-2024).
Se utilizó un modelo de efectos aleatorios, ajustado por la calidad de la evidencia.

Principales resultados:

Se compararon trece herramientas de diagnóstico en 34 comparaciones directas y 44 indirectas.
El cultivo demostró la mayor precisión.
El ensayo de carga bacteriana molecular de TB (TB-MBLA), mNGS y RT-Mycobacterium tuberculosis (RT-MTB) exhibieron sensibilidad y especificidad más cercanas al cultivo.

Conclusiones:

Los métodos moleculares ofrecen una detección rápida y un rendimiento superior a las herramientas convencionales.
Es necesario considerar la especificidad y el riesgo de sobrediagnóstico.
Herramientas asequibles, rápidas y escalables como TB-MBLA y RT-MTB son esenciales para entornos de alta incidencia para mejorar la detección temprana de la TB y reducir la transmisión.

Palabras clave:

tuberculosis pulmonar cribado sensibilidad especificidad

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