کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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3397710 | 1222241 | 2011 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
β-d-Glucan kinetics for the assessment of treatment response in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
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موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی
میکروب شناسی
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چکیده انگلیسی
Serum (1→3)-β-d-Glucan (BG) is a biomarker for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, information concerning its usefulness for monitoring the clinical course is lacking. We conducted a retrospective study to investigate whether consecutive BG-measurements can be used to assess treatment response in PJP. Analysis of sera from 18 patients during PJP therapy shows that decreasing BG-levels strongly correlate with a favourable clinical course. In contrast, increasing BG-levels were associated with treatment failure or fatal outcome is only 44% of patients. As a consequence, BG-kinetics might be used to confirm treatment success but seem to be of limited value for the identification of treatment failure.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Clinical Microbiology and Infection - Volume 17, Issue 7, July 2011, Pages 1118–1122
Journal: Clinical Microbiology and Infection - Volume 17, Issue 7, July 2011, Pages 1118–1122
نویسندگان
J. Held, D. Wagner,