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Martina Sester1,2, Neus Altet-Gomez3, Åse Bengaard Andersen4
1Department of Transplant and Infection Immunology, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany.
The Lancet regional health. Europe
|August 18, 2025
概括
量子费龙-结核黄金加 (QFT+) 试验在检测免疫功能低下个体的结核病中显示出中度的准确性. 然而,它并没有强烈预测未来的结核病,强调在低结核病流行率的国家需要额外的风险因素.
科学领域:
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 预防性结核病治疗 (TPT) 是推在低结核病流行国家免疫功能低下,免疫诊断测试呈阳性个体.
- 在这种情况下,QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT+) 试验是关键的诊断工具.
- 在免疫受损人群中评估QFT+的表现和预测能力对于有效的结核病控制至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT+) 试验在免疫受损个体中的诊断性能.
- 确定QFT+试验对该群体未来结核病发展的预测价值.
- 为了比较QFT+在免疫功能低下与免疫能力较强个体中的表现.
主要方法:
- 这是一项前性观察性研究,涉及11个欧洲国家的2663名成年人.
- 参与者包括免疫功能低下的个体 (PLHIV,功能衰竭,RA,移植接受者) 和免疫能力强的对照.
- 使用了QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT+) 试验,并对结核病的发展进行了随访.
主要成果:
- 对于结核病的QFT+敏感性和特异性在免疫功能低下的个体中分别为70.0%和91.4%,在免疫能力强的个体中分别为81.4%和96.0%.
- 在没有TPT的免疫功能低下个体中,在患有慢性功能衰竭,RA或移植史的人中没有发生活跃结核病病例.
- 相比之下,在没有TPT的642个PLHIV中,积极的结核病发生在3/30个QFT+阳性和CD4计数低的个体中 (发病率为每100人年4.1).
- 在随访期间,没有接受TPT治疗的人患有活跃结核病.
结论:
- 在QFT+试验中,在免疫功能低下的个体中诊断结核病的表现适度.
- 活跃结核病的2年风险在可检测HIV复制和低CD4计数的PLHIV中最高.
- 仅仅QFT+试验并不能强烈预测到活跃结核病的进展,强调需要整合其他风险因素来更好地预测.
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