diagnostic utility of procalcitonin in children with infectious complications during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia: single center experience, literature review
Background. Infectious complications cause significant mortality in children with oncological diseases during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. The absence of sensitive and specific signs and symptoms of infectious conditions as well as its microbiological identification, leads to inappropriate anti...
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| author | Yu. V. Dinikina Yu. K. Toshina M. B. Belogurova |
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| description | Background. Infectious complications cause significant mortality in children with oncological diseases during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. The absence of sensitive and specific signs and symptoms of infectious conditions as well as its microbiological identification, leads to inappropriate antibiotic exposure. The use of laboratory biomarkers (procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP)) may be helpful for differential diagnostics of inflammatory conditions and for rational antimicrobial therapy.Objective: to assess the current value of PCT as an additional marker for differentiating inflammatory conditions in children with chemotherapy-induced neutropenia.Materials and methods. We presented the analysis of infectious complications in pediatric patients with oncological and onco- / hematological diseases between 2017–2020 (54 patients from 2 mnths – 17 years). PCT and CRP with clinical and instrumental diagnostic data were used for differential diagnosis of fever and development of antimicrobial therapy decision rules. Literature review concerning the discussed theme from 2006–2018 was done.Results. Eighty-five infectious episodes in 36 months were registered, among them 42 in pts with onco- / hematological diseases and 43 – with solid tumors. In the group of bacterial infectious complications mean CRP and PCT values were significantly higher than in group of nonbacterial, moreover the discriminative value was higher for PCT. We revealed the correlation between severity of infectious complications and values of markers of acute-phase reactions. In case of non-severe bacterial complications and other types of infections significant difference was revealed only for PCT mean values.Conclusion. Specificity of PCT concentration in bacterial infections exceeds that of CRP, which confirms the hypothesis of advantages in using PCT as differential marker of inflammatory conditions in children with malignancies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff807540d021480ea1a6f461717848842023-03-30T20:15:12ZrusABV-pressОнкогематология1818-83462413-40232020-04-01151657210.17650/1818-8346-2020-15-1-65-72341diagnostic utility of procalcitonin in children with infectious complications during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia: single center experience, literature reviewYu. V. Dinikina0Yu. K. Toshina1M. B. Belogurova2Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Ministry of Health of RussiaAlmazov National Medical Research Centre, Ministry of Health of RussiaAlmazov National Medical Research Centre, Ministry of Health of RussiaBackground. Infectious complications cause significant mortality in children with oncological diseases during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. The absence of sensitive and specific signs and symptoms of infectious conditions as well as its microbiological identification, leads to inappropriate antibiotic exposure. The use of laboratory biomarkers (procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP)) may be helpful for differential diagnostics of inflammatory conditions and for rational antimicrobial therapy.Objective: to assess the current value of PCT as an additional marker for differentiating inflammatory conditions in children with chemotherapy-induced neutropenia.Materials and methods. We presented the analysis of infectious complications in pediatric patients with oncological and onco- / hematological diseases between 2017–2020 (54 patients from 2 mnths – 17 years). PCT and CRP with clinical and instrumental diagnostic data were used for differential diagnosis of fever and development of antimicrobial therapy decision rules. Literature review concerning the discussed theme from 2006–2018 was done.Results. Eighty-five infectious episodes in 36 months were registered, among them 42 in pts with onco- / hematological diseases and 43 – with solid tumors. In the group of bacterial infectious complications mean CRP and PCT values were significantly higher than in group of nonbacterial, moreover the discriminative value was higher for PCT. We revealed the correlation between severity of infectious complications and values of markers of acute-phase reactions. In case of non-severe bacterial complications and other types of infections significant difference was revealed only for PCT mean values.Conclusion. Specificity of PCT concentration in bacterial infections exceeds that of CRP, which confirms the hypothesis of advantages in using PCT as differential marker of inflammatory conditions in children with malignancies.https://oncohematology.abvpress.ru/ongm/article/view/407childrenoncohematologyfebrile neutropeniaprocalcitoninc-reactive proteinbacterial infectionantimicrobial therapy |
| spellingShingle | Yu. V. Dinikina Yu. K. Toshina M. B. Belogurova diagnostic utility of procalcitonin in children with infectious complications during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia: single center experience, literature review Онкогематология children oncohematology febrile neutropenia procalcitonin c-reactive protein bacterial infection antimicrobial therapy |
| title | diagnostic utility of procalcitonin in children with infectious complications during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia: single center experience, literature review |
| title_full | diagnostic utility of procalcitonin in children with infectious complications during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia: single center experience, literature review |
| title_fullStr | diagnostic utility of procalcitonin in children with infectious complications during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia: single center experience, literature review |
| title_full_unstemmed | diagnostic utility of procalcitonin in children with infectious complications during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia: single center experience, literature review |
| title_short | diagnostic utility of procalcitonin in children with infectious complications during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia: single center experience, literature review |
| title_sort | diagnostic utility of procalcitonin in children with infectious complications during chemotherapy induced neutropenia single center experience literature review |
| topic | children oncohematology febrile neutropenia procalcitonin c-reactive protein bacterial infection antimicrobial therapy |
| url | https://oncohematology.abvpress.ru/ongm/article/view/407 |
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