ペルーのリマで,唾液に希少なHIV関連肺結核の診断
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Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis with the Xpert MTB/RIF Test
Published on: April 9, 2012
Daniel Vargas1, Luis García, Robert H Gilman
1Asociación Benéfica Proyectos en Informática, Salud, Medicina, y Agricultura, Lima, Peru.
Lancet (London, England)
|January 11, 2005
まとめ
ストリングテストは,HIV陽性者における肺結核の診断のための安全で効果的な方法であり,この病気の検出のための唾液誘導よりも高い感度を示しています.
科学分野:
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 医療診断 医療診断
背景:
- HIV陽性個体における結核 (TB) の診断には,しばしば侵襲的な呼吸器サンプル採取手順が必要です.
- 唾液誘導,ブロンコアルベオラ洗浄,胃吸入などの標準的な手順は,リソースが限られている環境では実行できない場合があります.
研究 の 目的:
- HIV陽性成人における肺結核の検出のためのゴールドスタンダードである唾液誘導と単純な弦試験の診断性能を比較するために.
- 資源が限られた環境で診断用呼吸器サンプルを取得するためのストリングテストの安全性と有効性を評価する.
主な方法:
- TBを調査した160人のHIV陽性成人と52人の無症状HIV陽性対照群を対象とした前向きな研究.
- 参加者はシンプルな弦テストを受け,その後,唾液誘導を行った.
- 両方の方法の診断精度は,マクネマールのテストを用いて比較された.
主要な成果:
- ストリングテストは,調査中の14人の患者で結核を特定した.
- 唾液誘導は,これらの症例のうち8件のみを検出しました.
- 検出率の違いは統計的に有意であった (McNemar's test, p=0.03),これは文字列テストの感度が高いことを示している.
結論:
- 弦検査は,HIV陽性者における肺結核の診断のための臨床サンプルを収集するための安全で効果的なツールです.
- 予備的な調査結果によると,ストリングテストは,この集団で結核の診断のための唾液誘導よりも,少なくとも同等に敏感であり,潜在的により敏感であることが示唆されています.
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