Diagnostics

Cross-sectional evaluation of host biomarkers for guiding antibiotic use in bacterial and non-bacterial acute febrile illness in low- and middle-income tropical settings
B Leticia Fernandez-Carballo, Michele Atzeni, Camille Escadafal, Martina Vettoretti, Steffen Geis, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, Andre M Siqueira, Jullita Kenala Malava, Louis Banda, Anita L Kabwende, Ayodele Alabi, Juste Christin Bie Ondo, Marguerite Massinga-Loembe, Paulin N Essone, José Moreira, Aline da Rocha Matos, Braulia C Caetano, Marilda M Siqueira, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Érica Aparecida dos Santos Ribeiro da Silva, Maria Cristina S Lourenço, Julia Häring, Anna Günther, Meike Jakobi, Nicole Schneiderhan-Marra, Christine Hoogland, Patrícia Brasil, Sunil Pokharel, Stefano Ongarello, Victoria Harris, Aurélien Macé, Sue J Lee, Barbara Di Camillo, Sabine Dittrich

BMJ Open Feb 2025, 15 (2) e086912; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086912
plaTform fOr Urinary tract infection diagnostiC evAluatioN (TOUCAN): a protocol for a prospective diagnostic accuracy study of point-of-care testing in patients suspected of acute uncomplicated urinary tract infection in primary care clinics in England
Philip J Turner, Thomas R Fanshawe, Jane Freeman, Margaret Glogowska, Alastair D Hay, Nicola Kenealy, Owain Llion, Rebecca Lowe, Mark Lown, Michael Moore, Valerie Tate, Mark H Wilcox, Mandy Wootton, Christopher C Butler, Gail N Hayward

BMJ Open Jan 2025, 15 (1) e090012; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090012
Digital screening tool for the assessment of cognitive impairment in unsupervised setting—digiDEM-SCREEN: study protocol for a validation study
Michael Zeiler, Nikolas Dietzel, Klaus Kammerer, Ulrich Frick, Rüdiger Pryss, Peter Heuschmann, Hans-Ulrich Prokosch, Elmar Graessel, Peter L Kolominsky-Rabas

BMJ Open Jan 2025, 15 (1) e087256; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087256
Triage test for all-oral drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) regimen: a phase IV study to assess effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability and cost-effectiveness of the Xpert MTB/XDR assay for rapid triage and treatment of DR-TB
Kogieleum Naidoo, Anushka Naidoo, Alash'le G Abimiku, Everdina W Tiemersma, Agnes Gebhard, Sabine M Hermans, Derek J Sloan, Morten Ruhwald, Sophia B Georghiou, Evaezi Okpokoro, Aderonke Agbaje, Kalkidan Yae, Getachew Tollera, Shewki Moga, Hannelise Feyt, Takondwa Kachoka, Marothi P Letsoalo, Andrea M Cabibbe, Rubeshan Perumal, Letitia Shunmugam, Daniela M Cirillo, Salah Foraida, Wilber Sabiiti, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Bariki Mtafya, Ahmed Bedru, Stephen H Gillespie

BMJ Open Nov 2024, 14 (11) e084722; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084722
Surveillance of carbapenem resistance in Asian countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Nishadi Jayathilaka, Sashini Shehana Denagamagei, Dilini Nakkawita, Thamarasi Nirmali Senaratne

BMJ Open Nov 2024, 14 (11) e088597; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088597
Validation of the adult asthma epidemiological score: a secondary analysis of the EPI-ASTHMA population-based study
Catarina Laranjeira, Cristina Jácome, Rita Amaral, Filipa Bernardo, Jaime Correia-de-Sousa, Joao A Fonseca

BMJ Open Nov 2024, 14 (11) e086493; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086493
Development and validation of a clinical diagnostic model for myocardial ischaemia in borderline coronary lesions based on optical pumped magnetometer magnetocardiography: a prospective observational cohort study
Shuwen Yang, Lanxin Feng, Mingduo Zhang, Min Zhang, Zhao Ma, Huan Zhang, YaZhe Zhang, Linqi Liu, Shu Zhou, Xin Zhao, Xue Yao Yang, Jiqiang He, Yanlong Ren, Yawei Luo, Feng Xu, Chenchen Tu, Xiantao Song, Hong-Jia Zhang

BMJ Open Oct 2024, 14 (10) e086433; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086433
Using digital tools and antigen rapid testing to support household-level SARS-CoV-2 detection by community health workers in Rwanda: an operational pilot study
Ladislas Nshimiyimana, Noella Bigirimana, Jean-Claude S Ngabonziza, Jean-Paul Rwabihama, Robert Rutayisire, Muhammed Semakula, Gilbert Rukundo, Hassan Mugabo, Josue Mutabazi, Beatrice Mukamana, Jean-Baptiste Mazarati, Rigveda Kadam, Olukunle Akinwusi, Khairunisa Suleiman, Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Paula Akugizibwe

BMJ Open Oct 2024, 14 (10) e083410; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083410
Combination of exhaled breath condensate samples with lipoarabinomannan point of care assay for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis: protocol for a diagnostic accuracy study
Stephane Pouzol, Mohammad Khaja Mafij Uddin, Ashabul Islam, Maha Sultana Jabin, Jérôme Nigou, Sayera Banu, Jonathan Hoffmann

BMJ Open Sep 2024, 14 (9) e087026; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087026
Accuracy of pH strip testing and pH liquid testing versus standard pH meter of gastric contents in critically ill patients: a diagnostic accuracy study
Kanjanaporn Phukpattanachai, Nutcha Praditseree, Smith Skjolaas, Sirilux Klaychaiya, Konlawij Trongtrakul

BMJ Open Jul 2024, 14 (7) e081830; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081830

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