Diagnostic tools and technologies for infectious and non-communicable diseases in low-and-middle-income countries

Novák, M.; Kotanen, Christian N.; Carrara, Sandro; Guiseppi‐Elie, Anthony; Moussy, Francis

doi:10.1007/s12553-013-0060-9

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“…In one African country, 11% of patients were treated with antibiotics for an unknown diagnosis, contrary to guidelines for low-income and middleincome countries that state "an appropriate treatment must be preceded by diagnoses that ensures the correct clinical path". 30 Correct diagnosis and treatment planning necessitate the existence of a clinical microbiology laboratory and antimicrobial stewardship involvement-eg, daily laboratory rounds. 31 Guideline compliance referred only to the choice of drug for therapeutic or prophylactic use.…”

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Antimicrobial consumption and resistance in adult hospital inpatients in 53 countries: results of an internet-based global point prevalence survey

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Caniaux

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The Lancet Global Health

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Antimicrobial consumption and resistance in adult hospital inpatients in 53 countries: results of an internet-based global point prevalence survey

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The Lancet Global Health

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“…The field of microfluidics has witnessed great developments during the last decade and these advancements have played a key role to design various POC devices for resource-constrained settings [6–12]. …”

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Paper-based analytical devices for clinical diagnosis: recent advances in the fabrication techniques and sensing mechanisms

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Demirci³

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Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics

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Introduction There is a significant interest in developing inexpensive portable biosensing platforms for various applications including disease diagnostics, environmental monitoring, food safety, and water testing at the point-of-care (POC) settings. Current diagnostic assays available in the developed world require sophisticated laboratory infrastructure and expensive reagents. Hence, they are not suitable for resource-constrained settings with limited financial resources, basic health infrastructure, and few trained technicians. Cellulose and flexible transparency paper-based analytical devices have demonstrated enormous potential for developing robust, inexpensive and portable devices for disease diagnostics. These devices offer promising solutions to disease management in resource-constrained settings where the vast majority of the population cannot afford expensive and highly sophisticated treatment options. Areas covered In this review, the authors describe currently developed cellulose and flexible transparency paper-based microfluidic devices, device fabrication techniques, and sensing technologies that are integrated with these devices. The authors also discuss the limitations and challenges associated with these devices and their potential in clinical settings. Expert commentary In recent years, cellulose and flexible transparency paper-based microfluidic devices have demonstrated the potential to become future healthcare options despite a few limitations such as low sensitivity and reproducibility.

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“…Secondly, there is need for a global push for improved quality and availability of low cost diagnostics to address the challenges faced by many in low to middle income countries [7]. Engineers are all too familiar with the old truism, -you cannot control that which you cannot measure‖.…”

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Welcome to Bioengineering: A New Open-Access Journal

Guiseppi‐Elie

2013

Bioengineering

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It is my great pleasure to welcome you to a new open access journal, Bioengineering, which represents a scope that fits squarely with the core expertise and growing ambitions and interests of bioengineers globally. Of particular interest are the transdisciplinary and translational research represented by the activities within centers and institutes where the biological sciences and engineering disciplines cohabit seamlessly for a focus on solutions to global challenges in human, veterinary and ecological health, bioenergy, bioprocess and sustainability. Bioengineering emphasizes the publication of novel and high quality peer reviewed articles via an open access platform. The scope includes: [...]

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Diagnostic tools and technologies for infectious and non-communicable diseases in low-and-middle-income countries

Cited by 12 publications

References 37 publications

Antimicrobial consumption and resistance in adult hospital inpatients in 53 countries: results of an internet-based global point prevalence survey

Antimicrobial consumption and resistance in adult hospital inpatients in 53 countries: results of an internet-based global point prevalence survey

Paper-based analytical devices for clinical diagnosis: recent advances in the fabrication techniques and sensing mechanisms

Welcome to Bioengineering: A New Open-Access Journal

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