Diagnostic Accuracy of Urease and Polymerase Chain Reaction to Detect Helicobacter Species Infection in Dogs

개에서 Helicobacter균 감염을 검출하기 위한 urease 검사와 PCR 검사의 진단적 정확도

  • Pak, Son-Il (College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science, Colorado State University) ;
  • Oh, Tae-Ho (College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University)
  • Published : 2001.12.01

Abstract

Evaluation on the diagnostic performances of urease test and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection of Helicobacter species infection in dogs has rarely been performed in research with site-specific situations, although assessing diagnostic tests is an essential part prior to its practical use in a variety of clinical settings. The clinical value of a diagnostic test may be misjudged and comparisons between different tests may yield misleading conclusions when high within-patient correlations are present. We applied a conceptually simple statistical approach to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of urease test and PCR for detection of Helicobacter species infection in dogs. This approach assumes that responses from three different sampling sites within an animal are correlated where unit for statistical analysis is the site rather than the animal. The sensitivity and specificity of urease test was 0.74% (95% confidence interval, 0.64-0.84) and 0.87 (95% CI, 0.67-1.00), respectively. For PCR, the sensitivity was 0.95(95% CI, 0.89-1.00) and specificity 0.90 (95% CI, 0.70-1.00). Two tests were almost equally specific. Urease test, however, has a lower diagnostic accuracy and thus should only be used after careful validation in terms of sensitivity.

새로 개발되거나 혹은 기존의 어떤 진단검사를 다양한 임상상황에 적용하기 위해서는 먼저 이들 검사법의 진단적 정확도를 추정하는 연구가 반드시 선행되어야 한다. 진단의 정확도에 대한 추정치를 모른다면 검사결과를 해석하는 것이 불가능하기 때문이다. 특히 동일한 개체에서 감염부위별로 3개 이상의 시료를 얻어 진단검사를 적용하는 경우 각 시료의 검사결과는 독립적인 측정시료가 아니라 개체내에서 연관성이 매우 높은 종속적인 시료에 해당 한다. 즉 동일한 개체에서 얻은 시료일수록 검사결과에서 유사한 반응을 보이며 이 경우 분석의 단위는 각각의 개체가 아니라 검사부위가 되는데 이는 의학연구에서 매우 흔하다. 본 연구에서는 Helicobacter 균에 의한 감염을 검출하기 위하여 동일한 개로부터 위의 해부학적 구조상 pyloric antrum, body 및 cardia의 생검시료에 대하여 urease 검사와 PCR 검사를 적용하여 각 검사의 진단적 정확도를 추정하였다. urease 검사의 민감도와 특이도는 0.74 (95% 신뢰구간: 0.64-0.84)와 0.87 (95% 신뢰구간: 0.67-1.00)이었으며 PCR 검사의 민감도와 특이도는 0.95 (95% 신뢰구간: 0.89-1.00)와 0.90 (95% 신뢰구간: 0.70-1.00)로 두 검사의 특이도는 높은 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 PCR 검사에 비하여 urease 검사의 경우 가음성 (false negative)의 가능성이 높기 때문에 진단결과에 대한 신중한 해석이 요구된다.

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