Evaluation of a (1→3)-β- <scp>d</scp> -Glucan Assay for Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections

DOI Web Site 被引用文献13件
  • Jerry W. Pickering
    Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc. (ARUP), Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
  • Howard W. Sant
    Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc. (ARUP), Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
  • Catherine A. P. Bowles
    Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc. (ARUP), Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
  • William L. Roberts
    Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc. (ARUP), Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
  • Gail L. Woods
    Associated Regional and University Pathologists, Inc. (ARUP), Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108

抄録

<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title> <jats:p> The Fungitell assay (Associates of Cape Cod, Inc.) is a commercial test that detects (1-3)-β- <jats:sc>d</jats:sc> -glucan (BG) and is intended for diagnosis of invasive fungal infections. To evaluate the Fungitell assay, we tested serum and plasma samples from healthy blood donors and from patients with blood cultures positive for yeast or bacteria. All 36 blood donors were BG negative, and 13 of 15 candidemic patients were BG positive. Of 25 bacteremic patients, 14 (10 with gram-positive bacteremia) were BG positive. One of the latter patients with <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus</jats:italic> bacteremia also had invasive candidiasis, based on histological findings in a tissue biopsy; therefore, the BG result was a true positive. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of the Fungitell assay, by patient, for these three groups were 93.3%, 77.2%, 51.9%, and 97.8%, respectively. We also performed the Fungitell assay on sera that had been tested for <jats:italic>Aspergillus</jats:italic> galactomannan or <jats:italic>Histoplasma</jats:italic> antigen. All six <jats:italic>Histoplasma</jats:italic> antigen-positive patients and 31 of 32 <jats:italic>Aspergillus</jats:italic> galactomannan-positive patients were also BG positive. BG results for the 10 <jats:italic>Histoplasma</jats:italic> antigen-negative and the 32 <jats:italic>Aspergillus</jats:italic> galactomannan-negative patients varied, but we were unable to confirm many of the results. Between-run coefficients of variance (CVs) for the assay ranged from 3.2% to 16.8%; within-run CVs were ≤4.8%. The correlation coefficient for an interlaboratory reproducibility study was 0.9892. Concentrations of hemoglobulin, bilirubin, and triglycerides that caused 20% interference were 588, 72, and 466 mg/dl, respectively. Our results suggest that the Fungitel assay may be most useful for excluding invasive fungal infection. </jats:p>

収録刊行物

被引用文献 (13)*注記

もっと見る

キーワード

詳細情報 詳細情報について

問題の指摘

ページトップへ