An exploratory analysis of C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10 as a new biomarker of asymptomatic Leishmania infantum infection in solid-organ transplant recipients

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OBJECTIVE: Sensitive and less laborious assays are needed to detect asymptomatic Leishmania among solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. Using SLA-stimulated plasma from SOT recipients living where an outbreak of Leishmania infantum occurred, we examined potential biomarkers to identify asymptomatic Leishmania infections.

METHODS: Concentrations of cytokines/chemokines in plasma from whole blood stimulated with specific Leishmania antigen (SLA) were compared against infection status as determined by a currently used cell proliferation assay.

RESULTS: Twenty-six percent (13/50) of the SOT recipients had a cell proliferation assay (CPA) indicating asymptomatic infection, and showed higher processed plasma C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10 (CXCL10 or IP-10) concentrations than did non-infected subjects (median 2272.0 pg/ml [IQR 1570-2772] vs. 18.2 pg/ml [IQR 1-150.1]; p<0.0001). CXCL10 showed a sensitivity of 93% and a specificity of 95% compared to CPA. In addition, we demonstrated that the number of asymptomatic infections detected using CXCL10, decreased with distance from a park at the center of the mentioned outbreak.

CONCLUSION: CXCL10 in plasma from SLA-stimulated blood could be a robust biomarker of asymptomatic L. infantum infection in solid organ transplant recipients.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: J Infect. 2022 Aug;85(2):e44-e46. - PMID 35659546

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:84

Enthalten in:

The Journal of infection - 84(2022), 4 vom: 29. Apr., Seite 573-578

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Carrasco-Antón, Nerea [VerfasserIn]
Ibarra-Meneses, Ana Victoria [VerfasserIn]
Carrillo, Eugenia [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Ruiz, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Hernández-Jiménez, Pilar [VerfasserIn]
Aguado, José María [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, Javier [VerfasserIn]
López-Medrano, Francisco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Asymptomatic infection
Biomarkers
CXCL10
Chemokine CXCL10
IP-10
Journal Article
Leishmania
Leishmaniasis
Ligands
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Solid-organ transplant recipients

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Date Completed 13.04.2022

Date Revised 21.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: J Infect. 2022 Aug;85(2):e44-e46. - PMID 35659546

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jinf.2022.01.029

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336352522