Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Staniford Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA; University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Dermatol Clin. 2021 Jan;39(1):83-90. doi: 10.1016/j.det.2020.08.008. Epub 2020 Oct 31.
In resource-limited settings, point-of-care diagnostic devices have the potential to reduce diagnostic delays and improve epidemiologic surveillance of dermatologic conditions. We outline novel-point-of care diagnostics that have recently been developed for dermatologic conditions that primarily affect patients living in resource-limited settings, namely, Kaposi sarcoma, cutaneous leishmaniasis, leprosy, Buruli ulcer, yaws, onchocerciasis, and lymphatic filariasis. All of the technologies described in this article are prototypes, and some have undergone field testing. These devices still require validation in real-world settings and effective pricing to have a major impact on dermatologic care in resource-limited settings.
在资源有限的情况下，即时诊断设备有可能减少诊断延误，并改善对皮肤科疾病的流行病学监测。我们概述了最近为主要影响资源有限环境中患者的皮肤科疾病开发的新型即时诊断方法，即卡波济肉瘤、皮肤利什曼病、麻风病、布鲁里溃疡、雅司病、盘尾丝虫病和淋巴丝虫病。本文中描述的所有技术都是原型，有些已经经过现场测试。这些设备仍需要在实际环境中进行验证和有效的定价，才能对资源有限环境中的皮肤科护理产生重大影响。
