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Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis with the Xpert MTB/RIF Test
Published on: April 9, 2012
Xpert和替代采样方法的准确性用于诊断儿童肺结核,这是一个前性队列研究
Lou Macaux1, Voahangy Rasolofo2, Sara Eyangoh3
1Unité d'Epidémiologie et de Recherche Clinique, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar; Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 2000, Paris, France; Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Avicenne, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Bobigny, France.
诊断儿童肺结核 (CPTB) 可能具有挑战性. 鼻吸入剂的Xpert测试提供了与胃吸入剂和培养相比的准确性,提供了一个有前途的CPTB诊断方法.
科学领域:
- 儿童传染病 儿童传染病
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 诊断测试评价 诊断测试评价 诊断测试评价
背景情况:
- 儿童肺结核 (CPTB) 诊断缺乏标准化的参考方法.
- 准确的诊断工具对于及时的CPTB治疗和管理至关重要.
- 评估现有诊断测试的新型样本类型至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定各种CPTB诊断测试的灵敏度和特异性.
- 为了评估Xpert MTB/RIF的性能,使用鼻吸液和便等替代样本.
- 在没有黄金标准的情况下,利用隐性类别分析来准确估计测试性能.
主要方法:
- 一项前性队列研究涉及1165名疑似患有CPTB的儿童,这些儿童来自科特迪瓦,马达加斯加和喀麦隆.
- 贝叶斯隐性类分析被用来评估涂抹显微镜,菌根菌培养和Xpert MTB/RIF.
- 对唾液,胃吸血液,鼻吸血液和便样本进行了测试,同时进行了结核素皮肤测试和胸部X射线.
主要成果:
- 涂抹显微镜显示所有样品类型的特异性高,但敏感性低.
- 在胃吸附剂 (75%) 中,mycobacterial培养的灵敏度高于鼻吸附剂 (64%).
- 在呼吸道样本 (96-100%) 中,Xpert MTB/RIF表现出高特异性,灵敏度在53% (便) 到69% (胃吸管) 之间.
结论:
- 鼻吸入剂的Xpert MTB/RIF显示的准确性与真菌菌培养和胃吸入剂分析相美.
- 这种组合为CPTB提供了潜在的有价值的诊断策略.
- 需要进行进一步的研究,以优化使用非侵入性或替代样本进行CPTB诊断.
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