2014
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2014.880651
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Point of care diagnostics for sexually transmitted infections: perspectives and advances

Abstract: Accurate and inexpensive point-of-care (POC) tests are urgently needed to control sexually transmitted infection (STI) epidemics, so that patients can receive immediate diagnoses and treatment. Current POC assays for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae perform inadequately and require better assays. Diagnostics for Trichomonas vaginalis rely on wet preparation, with some notable advances. Serological POC assays for syphilis can impact resource-poor settings, with many assays available, but only one… Show more

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“…They should also give a result in a short period of time in view of patients' immediate treatment. These tests' characteristics have to fit in the so-called ASSURED Criteria (Table 1) [19][20], and they are known as point-of-care testing (POCT). A huge effort has been put into developing POCT in recent years, and as a consequence POCT for the diagnosis of HIV, hepatitis B and C, and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including syphilis, has been made available.…”
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“…They should also give a result in a short period of time in view of patients' immediate treatment. These tests' characteristics have to fit in the so-called ASSURED Criteria (Table 1) [19][20], and they are known as point-of-care testing (POCT). A huge effort has been put into developing POCT in recent years, and as a consequence POCT for the diagnosis of HIV, hepatitis B and C, and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including syphilis, has been made available.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Studies on this subject [22][23][24][25] indicate that the quality of testing varies in different clinics and settings, but this can be overcome by rigorous quality assurance programmes for POCT. The identification of health care workers [19,20] who may need further training can be done by external quality assurance (EQA) programmes. The use of POCT will generally best benefit specific population groups, such as pregnant women (prenatal screening is affected by the lack of laboratory facilities, and therefore the availability of POCT will increase the number of pregnant women tested and decrease the number of infected foetuses) and atrisk populations, including sex workers and their clients, injection-drug users, and men who have sex with men (MSM) (decreases the number of infected adults in populations with the highest burden of syphilis, thus decreasing its transmission).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Da das Testergebnis innerhalb kurzer Zeit vorliegt, können im Fall eines reaktiven Befundes unmittelbar weitere Maßnahmen (Probenentnahme für Bestätigungstests oder therapeutische Maßnahmen) durchgeführt werden. Potentiell können dadurch mehr Patienten einer Therapie zugeführt werden als durch die Testung in einem Labor, die aufgrund der Zeitverzögerung infolge Probentransport und Befundübermittlung in der Regel eine erneute Vorstellung des Patienten erfordert [2].…”
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“…Nur einige Schnelltests wurden einer wissenschaftlichen Evaluierung unterzogen und waren dabei der Standarddiagnostik meistens unterlegen. Eine deutlich bessere diagnostische Genauigkeit haben Schnelltests, die auf Nukleinsäure-Amplifikationstechniken (NAAT) basieren [2].…”
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