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Robert S Wallis1, Madhukar Pai, Dick Menzies
1Pfizer, New London, CT, USA.
Lancet (London, England)
|May 22, 2010
概括
准确的结核病诊断对于患者管理至关重要,但目前的方法有限. 推进生物标志物和诊断研究需要投资和利益相关者的合作,以便在公共卫生计划中有效实施.
科学领域:
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 生物标志物 生物标志物
- 诊断技术 诊断技术 诊断技术
背景情况:
- 人类感染Mycobacterium结核病存在从潜伏到活跃疾病的连续性,受HIV和免疫抑制等因素的影响.
- 目前的结核病诊断方法对患者进行了分类,但未能完全捕捉到感染的动态性质,也未能预测疾病的进展.
- 由于现有诊断方法的局限性,准确检测结核病例具有挑战性.
研究的目的:
- 审查结核病生物标志物和诊断的现状.
- 确定新诊断工具的开发和实施中的差距和挑战.
- 强调需要投资和利益相关者参与,将研究转化为临床实践.
主要方法:
- 对当前结核病诊断和生物标志物研究的文献综述.
- 分析现有诊断平台的局限性.
- 讨论影响新测试成功转化为公共卫生计划的因素.
主要成果:
- 在开发新诊断方面取得了进展,但对于特定人群 (例如,涂抹阴性,儿童结核病) 和预测潜伏结核病再激活方面仍然存在重大差距.
- 尽管分子平台的进步,一个简单的,廉价的结核病点检测测试仍然是不可用的.
- 新试验的影响取决于实施策略,实验室能力和获得适当治疗的机会.
结论:
- 将结核病生物标志物和诊断的科学进展转化为有效的临床和公共卫生计划,需要政治承诺,资金和利益相关者的合作.
- 需要持续投资,以解决当前诊断能力的局限性,特别是对于具有挑战性的病例.
- 有效的实施策略至关重要,以最大限度地发挥结核病控制新诊断工具的好处.
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