Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 12;71(6):1554-1557. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz1245.
We assessed the real-world utility of universal broad-range polymerase chain reaction sequencing for pathogen detection. Among 1062 clinical samples, 107/1062 (10.1%) had a clinically significant, positive result, with substantial variation by specimen type. Clinical management was changed in 44/1062 (4.1%). These data can help maximize utility of this emerging diagnostic.
我们评估了通用广谱聚合酶链反应测序在病原体检测中的实际应用。在 1062 份临床样本中,107/1062(10.1%)具有临床意义的阳性结果,且标本类型存在显著差异。44/1062(4.1%)的临床管理发生了改变。这些数据有助于最大限度地发挥这种新兴诊断方法的效用。