Performance evaluation of the (1,3)-β-D-glucan detection assay in non-intensive care unit adult patients.

Candida antimicrobial stewardship bloodstream infections candidemia diagnostic biomarkers β-glucan

Journal

Infection and drug resistance
ISSN: 1178-6973
Titre abrégé: Infect Drug Resist
Pays: New Zealand
ID NLM: 101550216

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
entrez: 28 12 2018
pubmed: 28 12 2018
medline: 28 12 2018
Statut: epublish

Résumé

To assess the performance of the (1,3)-β-D-glucan (BDG) detection assay in a large cohort of patients with suspected candidemia who were admitted to non-intensive care unit hospital wards. This observational, retrospective cohort study was conducted in a 1,100-bed university hospital in Rome, where an infectious disease consultation team has been operational. Two groups of patients were included in the analysis: Group 1, patients with A total of 1,296 patients were studied. Of them, 100 patients (candidemic) were in Group 1 and the remaining 1,196 patients (controls) were in Group 2. There were no differences in demographic characteristics between patients of the two groups. According to the above cutoff values, sensitivity (%) and specificity (%) of the BDG assay ranged from 91 to 60.7 and 87.7 to 97.8, respectively, whereas the PPV (%) and NPV (%) ranged from 38.2 to 68.3 and 99.1 to 97.0, respectively. Serum BDG has a very high NPV in a population witĥ10% prevalence of candidemia. This NPV may support decisions to discontinue antifungal therapy in those patients who were empirically treated because of the suspect of candidemia.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30588044
doi: 10.2147/IDR.S181489
pii: idr-12-019
pmc: PMC6304239
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

19-24

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Disclosure The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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Auteurs

Rita Murri (R)

Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, rita.murri@unicatt.it.

Marta Camici (M)

Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, rita.murri@unicatt.it.

Brunella Posteraro (B)

Institute of Medical Pathology and Semeiotics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Francesca Giovannenze (F)

Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, rita.murri@unicatt.it.

Francesco Taccari (F)

Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, rita.murri@unicatt.it.

Giulio Ventura (G)

Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, rita.murri@unicatt.it.

Giancarlo Scoppettuolo (G)

Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, rita.murri@unicatt.it.

Maurizio Sanguinetti (M)

Institute of Microbiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Roberto Cauda (R)

Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, rita.murri@unicatt.it.

Massimo Fantoni (M)

Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, rita.murri@unicatt.it.

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