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Wijedoru, Lalith, Mallett, Sue and Parry, Christopher (2017) 'Rapid diagnostic tests for typhoid and paratyphoid (enteric) fever'. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol 5, Issue CD008892.
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Abstract
Background
Differentiating both typhoid (Salmonella Typhi) and paratyphoid (Salmonella Paratyphi A) infection from other causes of fever in endemic areas is a diagnostic challenge. Although commercial point-of-care rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for enteric fever are available as alternatives to the current reference standard test of blood or bone marrow culture, or to the widely used Widal Test, their diagnostic accuracy is unclear. If accurate, they could potentially replace blood culture as the World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended main diagnostic test for enteric fever.
Objectives
To assess the diagnostic accuracy of commercially available rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and prototypes for detecting Salmonella Typhi or Paratyphi A infection in symptomatic persons living in endemic areas.
Search methods
We searched the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group Specialized Register, MEDLINE, Embase, Science Citation Index, IndMED, African Index Medicus, LILACS, ClinicalTrials.gov, and the World Health Organization (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) up to 4 March 2016. We manually searched WHO reports, and papers from international conferences on Salmonella infections. We also contacted test manufacturers to identify studies.
Selection criteria
We included diagnostic accuracy studies of enteric fever RDTs in patients with fever or with symptoms suggestive of enteric fever living in endemic areas. We classified the reference standard used as either Grade 1 (result from a blood culture and a bone marrow culture) or Grade 2 (result from blood culture and blood polymerase chain reaction, or from blood culture alone).
Data collection and analysis
Two review authors independently extracted the test result data. We used a modified QUADAS-2 extraction form to assess methodological quality. We performed a meta-analysis when there were sufficient studies for the test and heterogeneity was reasonable.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | WB Practice of Medicine > Diagnosis > General Diagnosis > WB 200 Physical diagnosis (General) WC Communicable Diseases > Infection. Bacterial Infections > Enteric Infections > WC 266 Paratyphoid fevers WC Communicable Diseases > Infection. Bacterial Infections > Enteric Infections > WC 270 Typhoid fever |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008892.pub2 |
| Depositing User: | Stacy Murtagh |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jun 2017 15:10 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jun 2022 11:10 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/7226 |
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