血微生物无细胞DNA测序用于在患有肌肉骨感染的儿童中检测和量化病原体
James B Wood1,2, Kelsey Russell1, Tom E Davis3
1Ryan White Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
|February 8, 2024
概括
血微生物无细胞DNA (mcfDNA) 测序显示出在儿科肌肉骨感染 (MSKI) 中识别病原体的前景,特别是在手术前采集样本时. 这种方法提供了比传统血液培养更长的检测窗口.
科学领域:
- 分子诊断学 分子诊断
- 儿童传染病 儿童传染病
- 基因组医学是基因组医学.
背景情况:
- 儿科肌肉骨感染 (MSKIs) 经常表现为培养负,限制了准确的诊断.
- 血微生物无细胞DNA (mcfDNA) 测序为培养提供了一个非侵入性的替代方案,绕过了常见的诊断障碍.
研究的目的:
- 在儿科MSKI中评估血mcfDNA测序的诊断性能.
- 为了将mcfDNA测序的病原体检测时间与传统的血液培养进行比较.
- 评估样本时间 (手术前与手术后) 对mcfDNA测序一致性的影响.
主要方法:
- 从2019年7月到2022年5月,对儿童 (6个月18岁) 与MSKIs进行前性研究.
- 收集了连续的血mcfDNA测序样本,并与同时进行的血液培养进行了比较.
- 分析包括病原体恢复率,一致性和检测持续时间.
主要成果:
- 在81%的病例中,mcfDNA测序确定了病原体,而在培养过程中,这一比例为68%.
- 当手术前 (82%) 和手术后 (20%) 采集样本时,与培养物的一致性更高.
- mcfDNA测序检测到病原体的时间比血液培养时间 (平均1天) 长得多 (平均2天).
结论:
- 血mcfDNA测序是诊断培养负的儿科MSKI的一个有价值的工具,特别是在手术前采集样本时.
- 频繁检测多种病原体需要仔细解释和诊断管理.
- 与血液培养相比,mcfDNA测序扩大了病原体检测的窗口.
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