Diagnostic Values and Limitations of (1,3)-β-D-Glucans and Galactomannan Assays for Invasive Fungal Infection in Patients Admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
The relationship among (1,3)-β-D-glucans (BG), galactomannan (GM), and the risk of developing invasive fungal infections (IFI) has been observed in adult ICU and in children with hematological malignancies. Only scant data evaluated the value of BG/GM assays for diagnosis of IFI in patients with nonhematological diseases in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). In this study, we assessed the diagnostic value of these markers for IFI in PICU. The records of 230 patients were retrospectively evaluated. Out of 117 patients (7 proven, 23 probable, and 87 cases without evidence of IFI) performed GM and BG assays. The results showed many factors were associated with false-positive test results. Patients who aged over 3 years had higher levels of GM and BG than younger infants. The levels of BG were higher in subjects with dairy, human blood products, antibiotics, and corticosteroids therapy than in cases without these treatments. Unlike BG assay, GM assay was less susceptible to above-mentioned factors expect blood products. The levels of BG and GM in IFI cases were dramatically higher than in controls. The diagnostic performance of these assays showed that GM assay had better results when compared with BG assay. On the whole, negative predictive value in both GM and BG assays was dramatically higher than other diagnostic parameters. In conclusion, BG assay was highly susceptible to many factors, and GM assay could be useful for diagnosis of IFI for its high sensitivity, but the over benefit of this assay limited in its inadequate specificity. The comparative advantage of BG and BG assays lied in excluding IFI in non-hematological PICU patients.
Department of Pediatric, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. fangzheng99@sina.cn.
Fang
F
Zheng
Department of Pediatric, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Hui
H
Zha
Department of Pediatric, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Dandan
D
Yang
Department of Hematology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Jun
J
Deng
Department of Pediatric, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Zhiquan
Z
Zhang
D000946:Antigens, Fungal / Q000097:blood*; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005690:Galactose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D000072742:Invasive Fungal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008351:Mannans / Q000097:blood*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011509:Proteoglycans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D047071:beta-Glucans / Q000097:blood*
D000946:Antigens, Fungal; D008351:Mannans; D011509:Proteoglycans; D047071:beta-Glucans; C012990:galactomannan; C010770:polysaccharide-K; D005690:Galactose
Fungal infection; Galactomannan; Glucan; Pediatrics
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