2020
DOI: 10.1186/s12981-020-00309-9
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Performance of the BD FACSPresto near to patient analyzer in comparison with representative conventional CD4 instruments in Cameroon

Abstract: Background: In the context of scaling the viral load in resource limited settings, following HIV infected patient's adults and children with CD4+ T-lymphocyte count still very important in settings where the decentralization of treatment still has some challenges. Effective HIV monitoring in these resource-constrained settings needs affordable and reliable CD4+ T lymphocytes enumeration methods. We investigated the validity of a BD FACSPresto POC which is a dedicated system for enumeration that uses immunofluo… Show more

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“…This study did find variations in the CD4 cell counts test results for the same PLWH samples from different laboratories using POC devices and flow cytometers. However, this observation is consistent with the findings of other studies ( 3 , 13 - 15 ) and may be related to differences in detection principles, laboratory conditions, and/or operators. This suggests that the same institutions with the same machines should be used for follow-up tests on the same patients to provide better stability in evaluating changes in CD4 by avoiding differences caused by devices and personnel, if possible.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
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“…This study did find variations in the CD4 cell counts test results for the same PLWH samples from different laboratories using POC devices and flow cytometers. However, this observation is consistent with the findings of other studies ( 3 , 13 - 15 ) and may be related to differences in detection principles, laboratory conditions, and/or operators. This suggests that the same institutions with the same machines should be used for follow-up tests on the same patients to provide better stability in evaluating changes in CD4 by avoiding differences caused by devices and personnel, if possible.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…The findings indicated a good consistency and relevance between POC devices and flow cytometry test results with correlation coefficients >0.8. Moreover, the consistency was also close to the results reported in other research ( 11 , 13 - 14 ). This study did find variations in the CD4 cell counts test results for the same PLWH samples from different laboratories using POC devices and flow cytometers.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
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“…The rst study done in Cameroon on the BD FACSPresto performance was published comparing BD FACSPresto versus PIMA, BD FACSCount and BD FACSCalibur. [12]. The CIRCB is a large reference laboratory working under the ISO 15189-2012.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this context, many pharmaceutical companies proposed new instruments with innovative characteristics like point of care utility able to enumerate only CD4 absolute cell counts like the Abbott PIMA (previously Alere) or CD4 absolute counts and percentages combined with hemoglobin concentration like the FACSPresto from Becton Dickinson [8][9][10]. Many performance comparison studies have been done with the BD FACSCalibur as a validated reference ow cytometry instrument in different countries in Africa [11][12][13][14] or in Asia [15]. To date, there have been no studies published using the validated BD FACSCanto II clinical software to measure the T/B/NK cell populations and other parameters of research and clinical analysis.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%