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ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2021

G-CSF as a potential early biomarker for diagnosis of bloodstream infection.

Huimin Li, Zhen Wang, Xuehua Li

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Article in Journal of clinical laboratory analysis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Huimin LiDepartment of Infectious Disease, Jiaozhou People's Hospital, Jiaozhou, China.
Zhen WangDepartment of Infectious Disease, Jiaozhou People's Hospital, Jiaozhou, China.
Xuehua LiDepartment of Infectious Disease, Jiaozhou Renmin Hospital, Jiaozhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4148-7823
Shuozhou Central Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCytokines play an important role in bacterial infection, and thus, we aim to find out cytokines that may be diagnostically significant in early stage of bacterial bloodstream infection.

methodsMice models infected with Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae were established. Then dynamic changes of nine serum cytokines were monitored within 48 hours after the infection. Cytokines with significant differences between the infected groups and control group were further analyzed. Clinical samples of patients who were suspected of bloodstream infection were collected. Then the diagnostic efficiency of screened cytokines was determined with receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.

resultsAs for mice models infected by Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae, six cytokines including IL-1β, IL-6, IL-12p70, G-CSF, IFN-γ, and TNF-α were significantly different (P < .05) between two bacterial infected groups. As for clinical samples, three cytokines including IL-6, IL-12p70, and G-CSF showed significant differences between infection group (Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumonia group) and negative control group. With the area under curve of 0.7350 and 0.6431 for G-CSF and IL-6, respectively, these two cytokines were significantly different between Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella pneumoniae infection groups. Combination of G-CSF and IL-6 could improve the AUC to 0.8136.

conclusionsG-CSF cannot only identify bacterial bloodstream infection, but can also distinguish the infection of Staphylococcus aureus from Klebsiella pneumoniae. Further investigation should be performed concerning the diagnostic efficiency of G-CSF in diagnosing different types of bacterial bloodstream infection.

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AdultAgedAnimalsBacteremiaBiomarkersCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGranulocyte Colony-Stimulating FactorHumansKlebsiella InfectionsKlebsiella pneumoniaeMaleMiddle AgedSepsisStaphylococcal InfectionsBiomarkersCytokinesGranulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factorbiomarkerbloodstream infectionG-CSF

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