Polymerase chain reaction for diagnosing pneumocystis pneumonia in non-HIV immunocompromised patients with pulmonary infiltrates

Autor: Jean Menotti, Elie Azoulay, Benoît Schlemmer, Nicolas Bele, Sylvie Chevret, Anne Bergeron
Přispěvatelé: Service de réanimation médicale, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis - Lariboisière - Fernand Widal [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Pulmonology Department, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis - Lariboisière - Fernand Widal [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Biostatistique et épidemiologie clinique, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis - Lariboisière - Fernand Widal [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Vesin, Aurélien
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
Předmět:
Pathology
medicine.medical_treatment
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Pneumocystis pneumonia
Pneumocystis carinii
Polymerase Chain Reaction
0302 clinical medicine
MESH: Sputum
MESH: Immunocompromised Host
030212 general & internal medicine
MESH: HIV Seronegativity
0303 health sciences
Pneumonia
Pneumocystis

Respiratory disease
Immunosuppression
MESH: Predictive Value of Tests
3. Good health
medicine.anatomical_structure
Predictive value of tests
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Opportunistic Infections
Sensitivity and Specificity
03 medical and health sciences
Immunocompromised Host
MESH: Pneumocystis jirovecii
Predictive Value of Tests
HIV Seronegativity
medicine
Humans
Lung
MESH: Humans
030306 microbiology
business.industry
MESH: Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Sputum
MESH: Opportunistic Infections
MESH: Polymerase Chain Reaction
medicine.disease
MESH: Sensitivity and Specificity
Transplantation
Pneumonia
[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
business
MESH: Pneumonia
Pneumocystis
Zdroj: Chest
Chest, American College of Chest Physicians, 2009, 135 (3), pp.655-61. ⟨10.1378/chest.08-1309⟩
ISSN: 0012-3692
1931-3543
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1309⟩
Popis: International audience; RATIONALE: Pneumocystis jiroveci polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has higher sensitivity than conventional stains but cannot distinguish colonization from infection. METHODS: We compared P jiroveci PCR and conventional stains in HIV-uninfected immunocompromised patients. RESULTS: Among the 448 patients, 296 (66%) patients had hematologic malignancies; 72 (16.1%), bone marrow transplants; 44 (9.8%), solid tumors; 21 (4.7%), renal transplants; and 15 (3.4%) were taking immunosuppressants for systemic diseases. Diagnostic strategy consisted of BAL in 351 patients and induced sputum (IS) in 97 patients. Conventional pneumocystic pneumonia (PCP) stain was positive in 39 (8.7%) patients, including 34 with positive PCR. In addition, PCR was positive in 32 patients, including 21 with complete follow-up, of whom 14 were diagnosed with probable or definitive PCP (a 36% increase). PCR was 87.2% sensitive and 92.2% specific; positive and negative predictive values were 51.5% and 98.7%, respectively. Sensitivity and negative predictive value were 100% on IS. CONCLUSIONS: In HIV-uninfected immunocompromised patients with acute pulmonary infiltrates, P jiroveci PCR correlates with clinical evidence of PCP. A negative PCR allows withdrawing anti-PCP therapy.
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