Evaluation of a quantitative serum Aspergillus fumigatus-specific IgM assay for diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis

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BACKGROUND: The early diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) remains challenging. Currently, a new quantitative IgM antibody assay that enveloped purified galactomannan extracted from Aspergillus fumigatus as antigen was commercially available in China, but its diagnostic value remains to be established.

METHODS: To evaluate the role of this commercial IgM assay for diagnosis of CPA, a multi-center prospective study was performed in 12 hospitals in Zhejiang Province, from January 1 to December 31, 2016. Adult inpatients without severe immunocompromised condition and those with persistent clinical symptoms/radiological findings ≥3 months or a consistent appearance in chest CT that was suggestive of CPA were included. The clinical data were compiled using a structured questionnaire.

RESULTS: A total of 87 cases were enrolled, including 43 CPA. The sensitivity ranged from 16.3% to 46.5%, and the specificity from 77.3% to 95.5% when cutoffs were from 50 to 80 arbitrary unit (AU)/mL. The receiver operating characteristic analysis revealed an area under the curve of 0.627. When a cutoff of 38.12 AU/mL was applied, the sensitivity and specificity were 69.8% and 56.8%, respectively, which represents the best performance.

CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this study was the first to evaluate this commercial A. fumigatus-specific IgM antibody assay in CPA patients in China and indicates that this IgM assay has a limited value and should not be a prior recommendation for CPA diagnosis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

The clinical respiratory journal - 12(2018), 11 vom: 22. Nov., Seite 2566-2572

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yao, Yake [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Hua [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Yihong [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Qing [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Yiqi [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Guohua [VerfasserIn]
Lou, Haiyan [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yunsong [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Jianying [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CPA
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis
Diagnostic value
Immunoglobulin M
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Serum Aspergillus fumigatus-specific IgM antibody assay

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Date Completed 18.03.2019

Date Revised 18.03.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/crj.12957

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM288291166