title: Relationship of IL-6, IL-8, TNF and sICAM-1 levels to PROM, pPROM, and the risk of early-onset neonatal sepsis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intraamniotic infections negatively affect the mortality and morbidity in parturients and newborns. The prognosis of the disease is associated with a timely diagnosis of these conditions. One of approaches to providing timely information on the risk of the initiation of intra-amniotic infection and early-onset neonatal sepsis is the examination of cytokine levels.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of the work was to evaluate the importance of the cytokines, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-alpha, and the adhesive molecule, sICAM-1, as risk factors for early-onset neonatal sepsis and intra-amniotic infections.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a group of 152 women we sampled the blood from the umbilical cord vein immediately after delivery for the determination of the cytokines IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-alpha, and the adhesive molecule, sICAM-1, in newborns.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The sensitivity and specificity results are as follows, respectively: IL-6, 0.800 and 0.972; TNF-alpha, 0.364 and 0.943; IL-8, 0.875 and 0.965; and sICAM-1, 0.833 and 0.952.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For screening purposes, it is suitable to determine levels of IL-8, IL-6, and sICAM-1. For the screening examination, one of the cytokines mentioned is sufficient, i.e., IL-8 or IL-6, or the level of the adhesive molecule, sICAM-1. It is unnecessary to combine these markers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. veleminsky@volny.cz
authors.forename: Milos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Velemínský
authors.forename: Pravoslav
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stránský
authors.forename: Milos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Velemínský
authors.forename: Jindrich
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tosner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000502:physiology; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D015415:Biomarkers; D002585:Cesarean Section; D016207:Cytokines / Q000097:blood*; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000097:blood; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D011336:Probability; D012306:Risk; D018805:Sepsis / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D016207:Cytokines; D015850:Interleukin-6; D016209:Interleukin-8; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1