Serial Quantitation of Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA Before and After Diagnosis of Pulmonary Invasive Mold Infections After Hematopoietic Cell Transplant

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BACKGROUND: Plasma microbial cell-free DNA sequencing (mcfDNA-Seq) is a noninvasive test for microbial diagnosis of invasive mold infection (IMI). The utility of mcfDNA-Seq for predicting IMI onset and the clinical implications of mcfDNA concentrations are unknown.

METHODS: We retrospectively tested plasma from hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients with pulmonary IMI and ≥1 mold identified by mcfDNA-Seq in plasma collected within 14 days of clinical diagnosis. Samples collected from up to 4 weeks before and 4 weeks after IMI diagnosis were evaluated using mcfDNA-Seq.

RESULTS: Thirty-five HCT recipients with 39 IMIs (16 Aspergillus and 23 non-Aspergillus infections) were included. Pathogenic molds were detected in 38%, 26%, 11%, and 0% of samples collected during the first, second, third, and fourth week before clinical diagnosis, respectively. In non-Aspergillus infections, median mcfDNA concentrations in samples collected within 3 days of clinical diagnosis were higher in infections with versus without extrapulmonary spread (4.3 vs 3.3 log10 molecules per microliter [mpm], P = .02), and all patients (8/8) with mcfDNA concentrations >4.0 log10 mpm died within 42 days after clinical diagnosis.

CONCLUSIONS: Plasma mcfDNA-Seq can identify pathogenic molds up to 3 weeks before clinical diagnosis of pulmonary IMI. Plasma mcfDNA concentrations may correlate with extrapulmonary spread and mortality in non-Aspergillus IMI.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:229

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The Journal of infectious diseases - 229(2024), 2 vom: 14. Feb., Seite 576-587

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Heldman, Madeleine R [VerfasserIn]
Ahmed, Asim A [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Winnie [VerfasserIn]
Vo, Alythia [VerfasserIn]
Keane-Candib, Jacob [VerfasserIn]
Stevens-Ayers, Terry [VerfasserIn]
Boeckh, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Blauwkamp, Timothy A [VerfasserIn]
Fisher, Cynthia E [VerfasserIn]
Hill, Joshua A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cell-Free Nucleic Acids
Fungal pneumonia
Hematologic malignancies
Hematopoietic cell transplant
Immunocompromised
Invasive fungal infections
Invasive mold infections
Journal Article
Microbial cell-free DNA

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Date Completed 19.02.2024

Date Revised 19.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/infdis/jiad255

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NLM359065686