感染症検査法(4)

外来診療で役立つ迅速同定法

松　本　哲　哉*1　山　口　惠　三*2
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases at the Site of Outpatient Clinics

Tetsuya MATSUMOTO, MD*1 and Keizo YAMAGUCHI, MD*2

It is important to diagnose the pathogen as quickly as possible to accelerate the start of appropriate treatment of patients with infectious diseases. Recently, rapid diagnostic tests improve the accuracy of diagnosis of the pathogen. Furthermore, it is also available to do the test with very simplified method by using portable kits. Many PCR and antigen detection techniques have been developed to improve the diagnosis of specific pathogens, such as influenza virus, Legionella, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Helicobacter pylori and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Especially, urinary antigen detection kits are useful at the site of outpatient clinics.
[Rinsho Byori 50 : 468〜473, 2002 ]

*1Department of Microbiology, Toho University School of Medicine, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 143-8540

【Key Words】rapid diagnosis(迅速診断)，antigen detection(抗原検出)，outpatient(外来)
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
*1,2東邦大学医学部微生物学教室(〒143-8540 東京都大田区大森西5-21-16)

E-mail :tetsu@med.toho-u.ac.jp