百日咳
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为何检测?
为了检测和诊断百日咳杆菌感染。
何时检测?
当医生怀疑是因百日咳引起的持续性或阵发性咳嗽,或有感冒症状并与百日咳患者接触过时,需进行检测。
何种样本?
鼻咽拭子或鼻子抽吸物;偶采手臂静脉血。
是否需要作试验前准备?
不需要。
检测样本
检测什么?
这是一组检测和诊断博德特氏菌属百日咳杆菌感染的试验。百日咳杆菌寄居在肺部,是造成我们所知道的百日咳的三期呼吸道感染的细菌。具有高传染性,会通过飞沫和密切接触途径导致广泛的传播。
百日咳的潜伏期从几天到三周不等。疾病的第一期,叫卡他性期,常持续两周,症状类似轻微感冒。紧接着是阵发性期,根据阵发性咳嗽的严重特点可能持续一到两周或者两个月。最后,咳嗽的频率开始降低,感染者进入恢复期,持续几周时间。但是,百日咳某些时候能够导致并发症如肺炎、脑炎、癫痫发作,甚至致死。婴儿是感染的最严重对象,可能需要住院治疗。
美国过去百日咳感染非常普遍,每几年发生一次约影响20万人的流行。由于百日咳疫苗的引进和婴儿广泛接种疫苗,每年感染的数量已经急剧降到几千人。但是,既没有因为疫苗的使用也没有因为百日咳感染后可获得终身免疫,专家们仍然发现百日咳在未接种疫苗的婴儿、青少年和成年人中周期性地爆发。
百日咳试验被用来诊断这些感染和帮助减少他们的扩散。有几种不同的试验可来检查百日咳的感染,它们包括:
- 培养
- 百日咳细菌遗传物质检测(多聚酶链反应,PCR)
- 直接荧光抗体(DFA)
- 血液中百日咳抗体检测,IgA、IgG、IgM
百日咳的诊断有时候具有一定的挑战性,因为在卡他性期所表现的症状经常难与普通感冒或其他呼吸道疾病区别开,例如支气管炎、流感和儿童中的呼吸道合胞病毒(RSV)感染。在阵发性期,许多成年人和接种了疫苗的百日咳患者将表现为持续的咳嗽。在有标准咳嗽音的病人、有感冒症状且与诊断为百日咳病人接触的人,或者社区已有百日咳流行时,怀疑百日咳感染的可能性增加。百日咳细菌培养或PCR试验通常在这些人中实施,但是对有亲密接触但没有症状者不需要检测。
测试样本如何采集?
样本采集技术在百日咳检测实验中是至关重要的。对培养实验或对遗传物质的检验,需要用到咽拭子或鼻咽抽吸物。咽拭子的采集需要你把头向后倾斜,然后拭子(一端有小头,像一个长Q形状)轻柔地插入一支鼻孔中直到遇到阻力为止。原地停留几秒钟后,旋转几次来收集细胞,然后退出。操作不痛,但会有些痒,可能会使你流眼泪、刺激你咳嗽发作。对于鼻咽抽吸物,用注射器向你的鼻子中推少量无菌盐水,然后温柔地抽吸,收集处理后的液体。对于抗体检测,采集手臂静脉血来收集标本。
是否需要进行任何试验前准备以保证样本的质量?
不需要。
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注意:本文是在此处引用的参考文献和医学检验项目在线介绍编辑审核委员会全体成员的经验和研究结果的基础上总结而成。本文由编辑委员会定期审核、更新。任何新引用的文献都会添加到列表中,并且会与原有的参考文献区分开。
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