Prognostic performance of IL-6 and IL-10 in febrile pediatric hematology/oncology patients with normal procalcitonin

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INTRODUCTION: It is important to predict adverse outcomes in febrile children with hematology/oncology diseases. Procalcitonin (PCT) is a promising biomarker for the prediction of infection severity, but further studies have revealed its performance in excluding adverse outcomes of infection. IL-6 and IL-10 were reported to have a close association with those infection outcomes. The aim of the study was to investigate the performance of IL-6 and IL-10 in febrile pediatric hematology/oncology patients with normal PCT.

METHODS: This was a retrospective study conducted in a tertiary children's hospital in China over the past ten years. Inflammatory biomarkers, including IL-6, IL-10, PCT and C-reactive protein (CRP), were detected at the onset of infection. Separate analyses were conducted in patients with neutropenia and without neutropenia.

RESULTS: In total, 5987 febrile cases were enrolled. For patients with neutropenia, IL-6, IL-10 and PCT were significantly increased in patients with bloodstream infection (BSI), gram-negative bacteremia (GNB) and severe sepsis (SS), but only IL-6 and IL-10 were predictive of GNB and SS. For patients without neutropenia, IL-6, IL-10 and PCT were significantly increased in patients with BSI, GNB and SS, but no biomarkers were predictive of adverse outcomes. All biomarkers failed to exclude patients with fever of unknown origin or upper respiratory infection/bronchitis in patients with neutropenia.

CONCLUSIONS: IL-6 and IL-10 could be predictors for GNB and SS in febrile patients with neutropenia and had some association with unfavorable outcomes in febrile patients without neutropenia. All biomarkers failed to exclude patients with fever of unknown origin or upper respiratory infection/bronchitis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy - 30(2024), 5 vom: 11. März, Seite 387-392

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lin, Shu-Peng [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Xiao-Jun [VerfasserIn]
Liao, Chan [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Ning [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yuan-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Yong-Min [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

130068-27-8
9007-12-9
9007-41-4
Biomarkers
C-Reactive Protein
Calcitonin
Children
Febrile neutropenia
Hematology/oncology
IL-10
IL-6
Interleukin-10
Interleukin-6
Journal Article
Procalcitonin

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jiac.2023.11.011

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364642580