Journal article
Evaluation of Two Methods for Determination of CD64 as a Diagnostic Marker of Infection in Critically Ill Adults
BioMed research international, Vol.2016, 6593232
2016
DOI: 10.1155/2016/6593232
PMCID: PMC5206427
PMID: 28097142
Abstract
. Diagnostic markers of infection have had little innovation over the last few decades. CD64, a marker expressed on the surface of neutrophils, may have utility for this purpose. . This study was conducted in an adult intensive care unit (ICU) in São Paulo, Brazil, with 89 patients. We evaluated CD64 in patients with documented or clinically diagnosed infection (infection group) and controls (patients without any evidence of infection) by two different methodologies: method #1, an in house assay, and method #2, the commercial kit Leuko64 (Trillium Diagnostics). . CD64 displayed good discriminating power with a 91.2% sensitivity (95% CI 90.7-91.6%) for detecting infection. The commercial kit (Leuko64) demonstrated higher specificity (87.3%) compared with method #1 as well as better accuracy (88.8%). . CD64 seems to be a promising marker of infection in the intensive care setting, with Leuko64 showing a slight advantage.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Evaluation of Two Methods for Determination of CD64 as a Diagnostic Marker of Infection in Critically Ill Adults
- Creators
- Thiago Zinsly Sampaio Camargo - Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, BrazilAlexandre R Marra - Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, BrazilNydia Strachman Bacal - Clinical Laboratory, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, BrazilEduardo Casaroto - Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, BrazilLilian Moreira Pinto - Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, BrazilJacyr Pasternak - Clinical Laboratory, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, BrazilElivane da Silva Victor - Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, BrazilOscar Fernando Pavão Dos Santos - Division of Medical Practice, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, BrazilMichael B Edmond - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- BioMed research international, Vol.2016, 6593232
- DOI
- 10.1155/2016/6593232
- PMID
- 28097142
- PMCID
- PMC5206427
- NLM abbreviation
- Biomed Res Int
- ISSN
- 2314-6133
- eISSN
- 2314-6141
- Publisher
- United States
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2016
- Academic Unit
- Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983905646302771
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