Diagnostic point-of-care tests in resource-limited settings

PK Drain, EP Hyle, F Noubary… - The Lancet infectious …, 2014 - thelancet.com
The aim of diagnostic point-of-care testing is to minimise the time to obtain a test result,
thereby allowing clinicians and patients to make a quick clinical decision. Because point-of …

2015 European guideline on the management of Chlamydia trachomatis infections

E Lanjouw, S Ouburg, HJ De Vries… - … journal of STD & …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Chlamydia trachomatis infections, which most frequently are asymptomatic, are major public
health concerns globally. The 2015 European C. trachomatis guideline provides: up-to-date …

Hepatitis C point-of-care diagnostics: in search of a single visit diagnosis

J Grebely, TL Applegate, P Cunningham… - Expert review of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The availability of simple, tolerable, therapies for hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection with responses> 95% is one of the greatest medical advances in decades, offering …

Diagnostic Procedures to Detect Chlamydia trachomatis Infections

T Meyer - Microorganisms, 2016 - mdpi.com
The intracellular life style of chlamydia and the ability to cause persistent infections with low-
grade replication requires tests with high analytical sensitivity to directly detect C …

Current and future use of point-of-care tests in primary care: an international survey in Australia, Belgium, The Netherlands, the UK and the USA

J Howick, JWL Cals, C Jones, CP Price… - BMJ open, 2014 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Despite the growing number of point-of-care (POC) tests available, little research
has assessed primary care clinician need for such tests. We therefore aimed to determine …

The point-of-care laboratory in clinical microbiology

M Drancourt, A Michel-Lepage, S Boyer… - Clinical microbiology …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY Point-of-care (POC) laboratories that deliver rapid diagnoses of infectious
diseases were invented to balance the centralization of core laboratories. POC laboratories …

Point of care diagnostics for sexually transmitted infections: perspectives and advances

C Gaydos, J Hardick - Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Accurate and inexpensive point-of-care (POC) tests are urgently needed to control sexually
transmitted infection epidemics, so that patients can receive immediate diagnoses and …

[HTML][HTML] Economic evidence and point-of-care testing

A St John, CP Price - The Clinical Biochemist Reviews, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Health economics has been an established feature of the research, policymaking, practice
and management in the delivery of healthcare. However its role is increasing as the cost of …

Inflammatory cytokine biomarkers of asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections and vaginal dysbiosis: a multicentre validation study

L Masson, S Barnabas, J Deese, K Lennard… - Sexually transmitted …, 2019 - sti.bmj.com
Objectives Vaginal dysbiosis and STIs are important drivers of the HIV epidemic and
reproductive complications. These conditions remain prevalent, partly because most cases …

Inflammatory cytokine biomarkers to identify women with asymptomatic sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis who are at high risk of HIV infection

L Masson, KB Arnold, F Little, K Mlisana… - Sexually transmitted …, 2016 - sti.bmj.com
Background Untreated sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and bacterial vaginosis (BV)
cause genital inflammation and increase the risk of HIV infection. WHO-recommended …