Cullen A, Brown S, Cafferkey M, O'Brien N, Griffin E
The Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
J Infect. 1998 Mar;36(2):185-8. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(98)80011-x.
The aim of the study was to determine the number of congenital infections detected in Dublin with the current use of the TORCH screen. A review of all laboratory results was undertaken with subsequent review of relevant medical charts. A total of nine cases were documented in a 5-year period from January 1991 to December 1995. Six of these had already been suspected. There was a failure to follow up 47% of positive screens. TORCH screening in Ireland has an unacceptably low yield, and in the opinion of the authors should be abolished.
该研究的目的是确定在都柏林当前使用TORCH筛查所检测到的先天性感染病例数。对所有实验室结果进行了回顾，并随后查阅了相关病历。在1991年1月至1995年12月的5年期间共记录了9例病例。其中6例此前已被怀疑。47%的阳性筛查结果未得到后续跟进。爱尔兰的TORCH筛查产出率低得令人无法接受，作者认为应该废除该筛查。
