Skin wipe test: A simple, inexpensive, and fast approach in the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.

Pavol ĎurčFrantišek ForetLukáš HomolaMiriam MaláEva PokojováHana VinohradskáMilan DastychDagmar KrausováDóra NagyOlga BedePavel DřevínekVeronika SkalickáPetr Kubáň

Published in: Pediatric pulmonology (2020)

The developed SWT method with capillary electrophoretic analysis for CF diagnosis performs comparably to the conventional Macroduct ST. The SWT method is simple, fast, inexpensive, and completely noninvasive. Use of an ion ratio in obtained SWT samples is proposed as a new diagnostic parameter that shows significant promise in CF diagnostics.

Keyphrases

cystic fibrosis
pseudomonas aeruginosa
lung function
big data
soft tissue
machine learning
deep learning