Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of three rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for typhoid fever in febrile hospitalised patients in Bangladesh.
Methods: Febrile adults and children admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, Bangladesh, were investigated with Bact/Alert(®) blood cultures and real-time PCR to detect Salmonella enterica Typhi and Paratyphi A and assays for Rickettsia, leptospirosis and dengue fever. Acute serum samples were examined with the LifeAssay (LA) Test-it™ Typhoid IgM lateral flow assay detecting IgM antibodies against S. Typhi O antigen, CTKBiotech Onsite Typhoid IgG/IgM Combo Rapid-test cassette lateral flow assay detecting IgG and IgM antibodies against S. Typhi O and H antigens and SD Bioline line assay for IgG and IgM antibodies against S. Typhi proteins.
Results: In 300 malaria smear-negative febrile patients [median (IQR) age of 13.5 (5-31) years], 34 (11.3%) had confirmed typhoid fever: 19 positive by blood culture for S. Typhi (three blood PCR positive) and 15 blood culture negative but PCR positive for S. Typhi in blood. The respective sensitivity and specificity of the three RDTs in patients using a composite reference standard of blood culture and/or PCR-confirmed typhoid fever were 59% and 61% for LifeAssay, 59% and 74% for the CTK IgM and/or IgG, and 24% and 96% for the SD Bioline RDT IgM and/or IgG. The LifeAssay RDT had a sensitivity of 63% and a specificity of 91% when modified with a positive cut-off of ≥2+ and analysed using a Bayesian latent class model.
Conclusions: These typhoid RDTs demonstrated moderate diagnostic accuracies, and better tests are needed.
Objectif:
Déterminer la précision diagnostique de trois tests de diagnostic rapide (
Méthodes:
Les adultes et enfants fébriles admis à l'hôpital de Chittagong Medical College, au Bangladesh ont été investigués avec: BactAlert® pour les cultures de sang, la
Résultats:
Sur 300 patients fébriles avec à frottis négatif pour le paludisme (âge médian (
Conclusions:
Ces
Objetivo:
Determinar la precisión diagnóstica de tres pruebas de diagnóstico rápido (
Métodos:
A pacientes adultos y niños, febriles y hospitalizados en el Hospital Universitario de Chittagong, se les realizaron las siguientes pruebas: hemocultivo con BactAlert®;
Resultados:
De 300 pacientes febriles con resultados negativos para malaria (edad media de 13.5 (5‐31) años), 34 (11.3%) tenían fiebre tifoidea confirmada: 19 con cultivo positivo para S. typhi (3 con
Conclusiones:
Estas
Keywords: Fiebre tifoidea; PCR a tiempo real; PCR en temps réel; Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi; Salmonella enterica serovar typhi; Salmonella enterica sérotype typhi; blood culture; cultivo de sangre; culture de sang; diagnostic accuracy; fièvre typhoïde; precisión diagnóstica; prueba de diagnóstico rápido; précision diagnostique; rapid diagnostic tests; real-time PCR; tests de diagnostic rapide; typhoid fever.
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