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JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY
卷 70, 期 8, 页码 2354-2361出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkv090
关键词
stop; unnecessary antifungals; diagnosis; antifungal therapy
资金
- Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria [PI11/00167, PI10/02868]
- Fundacion para la Investigacion Biomedica del Hospital Gregorio Maranon
- FIS [MS09/00055]
Objectives: Microbiological strategies are necessary to help clinicians discontinue empirical antifungal therapy in patients with suspected invasive candidiasis. Culture methods and biomarkers each show low sensitivity. We analysed the value of combining different biomarkers as a decision-making tool for discontinuing empirical antifungal treatment. Methods: We studied stored serum samples from 31 patients with candidaemia (Candida albicans 40%, Candida tropicalis 20%, Candida parapsilosis 18%, Candida glabrata 12% and other 10%) and 50 patients with bacteraemia at Gregorio Maranon Hospital, Madrid, Spain. C. albicans germ tube antibody (CAGTA), mannan antigens (MN), antimannan antibodies (AMN) and (1 -> 3)-beta-D-glucan (BDG) were assayed using the manufacturer's and alternative cut-offs to improve the accuracy of the tests. Results: The sensitivity of the biomarkers when used alone was low (58% 284%), but specificity was high (65.8% 292.0%). The best combinations were CAGTA and BDG using cut-offs of 1/80 and 80 pg/mL, respectively (sensitivity 96.8% and specificity 84%), and CAGTA and MN using cut-offs of 1/80 and 75 pg/mL, respectively (sensitivity 93.5% and specificity 86.0%). The sensitivity of both combinations was 100% for C. albicans, C. tropicalis and C. parapsilosis, but only combinations including BDG detected Candida krusei. The negative predictive values (NPVs) of both combinations were, respectively, 97.7% and 95.6% (prevalence of candidaemia, 23.6%). For a prevalence of candidaemia of 5% and 10%, the NPV reached 99.8% and 99.6%. Conclusions: The combinations of CAGTA and BDG or CAGTA and MN had a very high NPV at the alternative cut-offs and could be used in antifungal stewardship programmes as a decision-making tool for discontinuing unnecessary empirical therapy in patients with suspected candidaemia.
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