Medeiros Fernanda Alvarenga Cardoso, Souza Filho Job Alves, Pimentel Maria Inês Fernandes, Reis Ilka Afonso, Menezes-Souza Daniel, Silva Aline Fagundes da, Marcelino Andreza Pain
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Medicina, Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde: Infectologia e Medicina Tropical, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Instituto Octávio Magalhães, Serviço de Doenças Parasitárias da Divisão de Epidemiologia e Controle de Doenças, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2024 Dec 6;66:e70. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202466070. eCollection 2024.
Diagnostic networks ensure efficiency in disease diagnosis. A descriptive study evaluated the network of public health laboratories (NPHL) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, using diagnostic results for tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL) from the laboratory management system in 2017-2020. Out of 1,369 individuals analyzed, 704 (51.4%) cases of TL were confirmed, with 610 (86.7%) by direct parasitological examination (DPE) and 94 (13.4%) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Notably, 25.3% of cases with DPE-negative results were PCR-positive. Consecutive diagnostic tests enhanced diagnosis of TL. NPHL-MG is a promising model for expanding similar networks and improving disease control.
诊断网络可确保疾病诊断的效率。一项描述性研究利用2017年至2020年实验室管理系统中皮肤利什曼病(TL)的诊断结果,对巴西米纳斯吉拉斯州的公共卫生实验室网络(NPHL)进行了评估。在分析的1369名个体中,确诊了704例(51.4%)TL病例,其中610例(86.7%)通过直接寄生虫学检查(DPE)确诊,94例(13.4%)通过聚合酶链反应(PCR)确诊。值得注意的是,DPE结果为阴性的病例中有25.3%通过PCR检测呈阳性。连续的诊断测试提高了TL的诊断率。NPHL-MG是扩展类似网络和改善疾病控制的一个有前景的模式。