医学
肺结核
结核分枝杆菌
预测值
诊断准确性
正谓词值
内科学
结核病诊断
病理
作者
Rakesh Yadav,Priya Daroch,Parakriti Gupta,Pankaj C Vaidya,Joseph L Mathew,Meenu Singh,Sunil Sethi
标识
DOI:10.1080/23744235.2021.1963467
摘要
Paediatric tuberculosis remains a major public health problem in developing countries. The diagnosis of tuberculosis in children is challenging because of the paucibacillary nature of the disease, due to which more sensitive nucleic acid amplification tests are needed. In this study, we determined the accuracy of WHO endorsed TB-LAMP assay for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children.This was a prospective study conducted between March to July, 2018. A total of 177 samples from consecutive suspected TB children were received for microbiological diagnosis of TB. All tests for Mycobacterium tuberculosis detection were performed in parallel (smear microscopy, mycobacterial culture, Xpert MTB/RIF and TB-LAMP). The diagnostic accuracy of index test i.e. TB LAMP were determined using mycobacterial culture as a reference standard.Of the 177 samples, 2 (1.1%) were excluded from the study. Among 175 samples, TB-LAMP and Xpert MTB/RIF were positive in 27 (15.4%) and 25 (14.3%) samples, respectively. The sensitivity of both Xpert MTB/RIF and TB-LAMP was same, i.e. 84% (95%CI: 63.9-95.5%), when culture was considered as the reference standard. The specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of TB-LAMP assay was 96% (95%CI: 91.5-98.5%), 77.8% (95%CI: 61.1-88.6%) and 97.3% (95%CI: 93.6-98.9%), respectively.For the detection of M. tuberculosis in paediatric samples, TB-LAMP showed a sensitivity and specificity comparable to Xpert MTB/RIF.
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