Saini Isha, Mukherjee Aparna, Gautam Hitender, Singla Mohit, Jat K R, Lodha Rakesh, Singh Urvashi B, Kabra S K
Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Indian Pediatr. 2018 Dec 15;55(12):1062-1065.
To evaluate utility of Xpert MTB/RIF in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in children with probable pulmonary tuberculosis.
Children with probable pulmonary tuberculosis with negative smear and Xpert on induced sputum/gastric aspirate were subjected to bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for Xpert assay and mycobacterial liquid culture. Data of children <14 y undergoing bronchoscopy for suspected MDR-TB (n=12) were also analyzed. The sensitivity of Xpert in BAL fluid for diagnosis of probable and confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis was calculated with clinico-radiological diagnosis and culture as gold standards, respectively.
Of 41 enrolled children, 24 (58.5%) had Xpert positive in BAL fluid and 11 (26.8%) had culture confirmed tuberculosis (BAL fluid;10; sputum,1). The sensitivity of Xpert in BAL fluid among probable and culture confirmed tuberculosis cases was 58.5% (24/41) and 81.8% (9/11), respectively.
Xpert in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid has good sensitivity in both probable and confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in children.
评估Xpert MTB/RIF在疑似肺结核儿童支气管肺泡灌洗液中的应用价值。
对痰涂片及诱导痰/胃灌洗液Xpert检测阴性的疑似肺结核儿童进行支气管肺泡灌洗(BAL),行Xpert检测及分枝杆菌液体培养。对14岁以下因疑似耐多药结核病接受支气管镜检查的儿童(n = 12)的数据也进行了分析。分别以临床放射学诊断和培养为金标准,计算BAL液中Xpert诊断疑似和确诊肺结核的敏感性。
41例入选儿童中,24例(58.5%)BAL液Xpert检测阳性,11例(26.8%)培养确诊为结核病(BAL液;10例;痰液,1例)。疑似和培养确诊肺结核病例中,BAL液Xpert检测的敏感性分别为58.5%(24/41)和81.8%(9/11)。
支气管肺泡灌洗液中的Xpert在儿童疑似和确诊肺结核中均具有良好的敏感性。