{"title":"Effectiveness of C-Reactive Protein as a Tuberculosis Screening Test Among HIV-Infected Individuals - Shanghai, China, 2021-2023.","authors":"Lixin Rao, Zheyuan Wu, Jing Chen, Zhen Ning, Xin Shen","doi":"10.46234/ccdcw2024.190","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>What is already known about this topic?: </strong>The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the inclusion of the C-reactive protein (CRP) test in active tuberculosis (ATB) screening algorithms among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals. The performance of the CRP test in African regions has been well-documented.</p><p><strong>What is added by this report?: </strong>This study analyzed data from a big data platform of Shanghai medical records together with infectious disease surveillance systems. We simulated a screening and plotted a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, which gives the optimal cut-off value of 11.115mg/L with sensitivity and specificity of 0.784 and 0.723, respectively.</p><p><strong>What are the implications for public health practice?: </strong>We obtained a promising perspective on screening for tuberculosis in people living with HIV (PLHIV) using the CRP test in Shanghai. Our study offers an original standpoint for following research.</p>","PeriodicalId":69039,"journal":{"name":"中国疾病预防控制中心周报","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11369062/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"中国疾病预防控制中心周报","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.46234/ccdcw2024.190","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
What is already known about this topic?: The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the inclusion of the C-reactive protein (CRP) test in active tuberculosis (ATB) screening algorithms among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals. The performance of the CRP test in African regions has been well-documented.
What is added by this report?: This study analyzed data from a big data platform of Shanghai medical records together with infectious disease surveillance systems. We simulated a screening and plotted a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, which gives the optimal cut-off value of 11.115mg/L with sensitivity and specificity of 0.784 and 0.723, respectively.
What are the implications for public health practice?: We obtained a promising perspective on screening for tuberculosis in people living with HIV (PLHIV) using the CRP test in Shanghai. Our study offers an original standpoint for following research.