Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2020 Dec;98(4):115162. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2020.115162. Epub 2020 Aug 5.
The performance of an immunofluorescence-based Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen detection test in pleural fluid (IF-PF) was evaluated. For proven and possible pneumococcal pneumonias global sensitivity and specificity were 92.6 (95 CI 76.6-97.9) and 80 (95 CI 62.7-90.5), respectively, with no significant differences between children and adults. Global diagnostic accuracy of IF-PF was 86% (74.2-93.7), and a substantial k index of concordance with culture/RT-PCR of 0.716 (0.535-0.896). IF-PF might be useful as a rapid complementary test for the etiologic diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia.
评估了一种基于免疫荧光的肺炎链球菌抗原检测试验(IF-PF)在胸腔积液中的表现。对于确诊和可能的肺炎球菌肺炎,全球敏感性和特异性分别为 92.6(95%CI76.6-97.9)和 80(95%CI62.7-90.5),儿童和成人之间无显著差异。IF-PF 的全球诊断准确性为 86%(74.2-93.7),与培养/RT-PCR 的一致性kappa 指数为 0.716(0.535-0.896)。IF-PF 可能是一种有用的快速辅助检测方法,用于肺炎球菌肺炎的病因诊断。