A guide for diagnostic evaluations

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2010, Pages S2-S6

  Peeling, Rosanna W ^a   Smith, Peter G ^b   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALARIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHELF LIFE; STANDARDIZATION; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT COUNSELING; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STORAGE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ARTICLE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBERCULIN TEST; VIRUS LOAD;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; EVALUATION STUDIES; GUIDELINES;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VACCINE;

EID: 33749417589     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1522     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Kent, M. M. & Yin, S. Controlling Infectious Diseases (Population Reference Bureau, Washington DC, 2006).
2. WHO. World Health Report [online], (2005).
3. WHO/UNAIDS. AIDS Epidemic Update [online], < http://data.unaids.org/Publications/IRC-pub06/epi_ update2005_en.pdf> (2005).
4. WHO. Guidelines for the Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections [online], (2001).
5. WHO. Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Information Pack [online], (1998).
6. Mabey, D., Peeling, R.W., Ustianowski, A. & Perkins, M. Diagnostics for the developing world. Nature Rev. Microbiol. 2, 231-240 (2004).
7. Cunningham, J. et al. in Diagnostics for Tuberculosis: Global Demand and Market Potential 116-120 (WHO, in the press).
8. Ransohoff, D.F. & Feinstein, A. R. Problems of spectrum and bias in evaluating the efficacy of diagnostic tests. New Engl. J. Med. 299, 926-930 (1978).
9. Lach, M. S. et al. Spectrum bias in the evaluation of diagnostic tests: lessons learnt from the rapid dipstick test for urinary tract infections. Ann. Intern. Med. 117, 135-140 (1992).
10. Reid, M. C., Lachs, M.S. & Feinstein, A. Use of methodological standards in diagnostic test research. Getting better but still not good. J. Amer. Med. Assoc. 274, 645-651 (1995).
11. Small, P. M. & Perkins, M. D. More rigour needed in trials of new diagnostic agents for tuberculosis. Lancet 356, 1048-1049 (2000).
12. Pai, M. & O'Brien, R. Tuberculosis diagnostic trials: do they lack methodological rigour? Expert Rev. Mol. Diag. 6, 1-6 (2006).
13. Kettler, H., White, K. & Hawkes, S. Mapping the Landscape of Diagnostics for Sexually Transmitted Infections [online], (2004).
14. Bachmann, L. M., Puhan, M. A., ter Riet, G. & Bossuyt, P. M. Sample size of studies on diagnostic accuracy: literature survey. Br. Med. J. 332, 1127-1129 (2006).
15. Smidt, N. et al. Quality of reporting diagnostic accuracy studies. Radiology 235, 347-353 (2005).
16. Irwig, L. et al. Guidelines for meta-analyses evaluating diagnostic tests. Ann. Intern. Med. 120, 667-676 (1994).
17. Delaney, B. C. et al. Systematic review of near-patient test evaluations in primary care. Br. Med. J 319, 824-827 (1999).
18. Bossuyt, P. M. et al. Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD Initiative. Clin. Chem. 49, 1-6 (2003).
19. Bossuyt, P. M. et al. The STARD statement for reporting studies of diagnostic accuracy: explanation and elaboration. Clin. Chem. 49, 7-18 (2003).
20. Delaney, B. C., Wilson, S., Fitzmaurice, D., Hyde, C. & Hobbs, R. Near-patient tests in primary care:setting the standards for evaluation. J. Health Serv. Res. Policy 5, 37-41 (2000).
21. Smith, P.G. & Morrow, R. H., eds Field Trials of Health Interventions in Developing Countries: A Toolbox. (Macmillan, London, 1996).
22. Mathers, C. D., Lopez, A. D. & Murray, C. L. in Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors (Lopez, A. D. et al., eds) 45-93 (Oxford Univ. Press, 2006).