Statewide Newborn Screening for Severe T-Cell Lymphopenia
Statewide Newborn Screening for Severe T-Cell Lymphopenia
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DOI:
10.1001/jama.2009.1806
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发表时间:
2009-12-09
影响因子:
120.7
通讯作者:
Baker, Mei W.
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作者:
Routes, John M.;Grossman, William J.;Baker, Mei W.
Context A newborn blood screening (NBS) test that could identify infants with a profound deficiency of T cells may result in a reduction in mortality.Objective To determine if quantitating T-cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction on DNA extracted from dried blood spots on NBS cards can detect infants with T-cell lymphopenia in a statewide program.Design, Setting, and Participants Between January 1 and December 31, 2008, the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene screened all infants born in Wisconsin for T-cell lymphopenia by quantitating the number of TRECs contained in a 3.2-mm punch (approximately 3 mu L of whole blood) of the NBS card. Flow cytometry to enumerate the number of T cells was performed on full-term infants and preterm infants when they reached the equivalent of at least 37 weeks' gestation with TREC values of less than 25/mu L. Infants with T-cell lymphopenia were evaluated by a clinical immunologist.Main Outcome Measures The number of infants with TREC values of less than 25/mu L with T-cell lymphopenia confirmed by flow cytometry.Results Exactly 71 000 infants were screened by the TREC assay. Seventeen infants aged at least 37 weeks' gestation had at least 1 abnormal TREC assay (TREC values