title: Elevated levels of soluble CD14 in serum of patients with acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
abstract: Serum sCD14, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), IL-6, and endotoxin were analysed in 45 patients with complicated malaria, in 14 patients with Gram-negative septicaemia and in 24 healthy subjects by ELISA. Malaria patients with renal failure (n = 16) had higher levels than patients without renal failure (n = 29) (8116 + 1440 micrograms/l versus 9453 + 1017 micrograms/l; P < 0.05) and both had higher levels than patients with septicaemia (6155 + 1635 micrograms/l) and normal subjects (2776 + 747 micrograms/l). A significant correlation between sCD14 and IL-6 (r = 0.756) and TNF (r = 0.822) existed. However, no relation between sCD14 and serum endotoxin or indices of clinical disease severity (parasitaemia, fever, parasite or fever clearance time) was seen. Although the role of sCD14 in malaria remains to be determined, elevated levels may participate in the inflammatory response in complicated malaria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine I, University Hospital of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wenisch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wenisch
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Parschalk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vanijanonta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Burgmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Exner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zedwitz-Liebenstein
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thalhammer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Georgopoulos
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Graninger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Looareesuwan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors / Q000097:blood*; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018512:Parasitemia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D012995:Solubility; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins; D015850:Interleukin-6; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha