Evaluation of Two Methods for Determination of CD64 as a Diagnostic Marker of Infection in Critically Ill Adults
Joint Authors
Zinsly Sampaio Camargo, Thiago
Marra, Alexandre R.
Bacal, Nydia Strachman
Casaroto, Eduardo
Pinto, Lilian Moreira
Pasternak, Jacyr
Victor, Elivane da Silva
dos Santos, Oscar Fernando Pavão
Edmond, Michael B.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives.
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.
Methods.
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).
Results.
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%).
Conclusions.
CD64 seems to be a promising marker of infection in the intensive care setting, with Leuko64 showing a slight advantage.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zinsly Sampaio Camargo, Thiago& Marra, Alexandre R.& Bacal, Nydia Strachman& Casaroto, Eduardo& Pinto, Lilian Moreira& Pasternak, Jacyr…[et al.]. 2016. Evaluation of Two Methods for Determination of CD64 as a Diagnostic Marker of Infection in Critically Ill Adults. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098519
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zinsly Sampaio Camargo, Thiago…[et al.]. Evaluation of Two Methods for Determination of CD64 as a Diagnostic Marker of Infection in Critically Ill Adults. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098519
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zinsly Sampaio Camargo, Thiago& Marra, Alexandre R.& Bacal, Nydia Strachman& Casaroto, Eduardo& Pinto, Lilian Moreira& Pasternak, Jacyr…[et al.]. Evaluation of Two Methods for Determination of CD64 as a Diagnostic Marker of Infection in Critically Ill Adults. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098519
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1098519