Evaluation of pneumococcal load in blood by polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in young children in the PERCH Study
Background. Detection of pneumococcus by lytA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in blood had poor diagnostic accuracy for diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia in children in 9 African and Asian sites. We assessed the value of blood lytA quantification in diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia. Methods. The Pn...
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| author | Knoll, M Morpeth, SC Scott, JAG Watson, NL Park, DE Baggett, HC Brooks, WA Feikin, DR Hammitt, LL Howie, SRC Kotloff, KL Levine, OS O’Brien, KL Thea, DM Ahmed, D Antonio, M Awori, JO Baillie, VL Chipeta, J Deluca, AN Dione, M Driscoll, AJ Higdon, MM Jatapai, A Karron, RA Mazumder, R Moore, DP Mwansa, J Nyongesa, S Prosperi, C Seidenberg, P Siludjai, D Sow, SO Tamboura, B Zeger, SL Murdoch, DR Madhi, SA |
| author_facet | Knoll, M Morpeth, SC Scott, JAG Watson, NL Park, DE Baggett, HC Brooks, WA Feikin, DR Hammitt, LL Howie, SRC Kotloff, KL Levine, OS O’Brien, KL Thea, DM Ahmed, D Antonio, M Awori, JO Baillie, VL Chipeta, J Deluca, AN Dione, M Driscoll, AJ Higdon, MM Jatapai, A Karron, RA Mazumder, R Moore, DP Mwansa, J Nyongesa, S Prosperi, C Seidenberg, P Siludjai, D Sow, SO Tamboura, B Zeger, SL Murdoch, DR Madhi, SA |
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| description | Background. Detection of pneumococcus by lytA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in blood had poor diagnostic accuracy for diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia in children in 9 African and Asian sites. We assessed the value of blood lytA quantification in diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia. Methods. The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) case-control study tested whole blood by PCR for pneumococcus in children aged 1-59 months hospitalized with signs of pneumonia and in age-frequency matched community controls. The distribution of load among PCR-positive participants was compared between microbiologically confirmed pneumococcal pneumonia (MCPP) cases, cases confirmed for nonpneumococcal pathogens, nonconfirmed cases, and controls. Receiver operating characteristic analyses determined the "optimal threshold" that distinguished MCPP cases from controls. Results. Load was available for 290 of 291 cases with pneumococcal PCR detected in blood and 273 of 273 controls. Load was higher in MCPP cases than controls (median, 4.0 × 10 3 vs 0.19 × 10 3 copies/mL), but overlapped substantially (range, 0.16-989.9 × 10 3 copies/mL and 0.01-551.9 × 10 3 copies/mL, respectively). The proportion with high load (≥2.2 log 10 copies/mL) was 62.5% among MCPP cases, 4.3% among nonconfirmed cases, 9.3% among cases confirmed for a nonpneumococcal pathogen, and 3.1% among controls. Pneumococcal load in blood was not associated with respiratory tract illness in controls (P = .32). High blood pneumococcal load was associated with alveolar consolidation on chest radiograph in nonconfirmed cases, and with high ( > 6.9 log 10 copies/mL) nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal load and C-reactive protein ≥40 mg/L (both P < .01) in nonconfirmed cases but not controls. Conclusions. Quantitative pneumococcal PCR in blood has limited diagnostic utility for identifying pneumococcal pneumonia in individual children, but may be informative in epidemiological studies. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:507f0cc1-4f0c-4356-b136-8de1d0cc25882022-03-26T16:14:00ZEvaluation of pneumococcal load in blood by polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in young children in the PERCH StudyJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:507f0cc1-4f0c-4356-b136-8de1d0cc2588Symplectic Elements at OxfordOxford University Press2017Knoll, MMorpeth, SCScott, JAGWatson, NLPark, DEBaggett, HCBrooks, WAFeikin, DRHammitt, LLHowie, SRCKotloff, KLLevine, OSO’Brien, KLThea, DMAhmed, DAntonio, MAwori, JOBaillie, VLChipeta, JDeluca, ANDione, MDriscoll, AJHigdon, MMJatapai, AKarron, RAMazumder, RMoore, DPMwansa, JNyongesa, SProsperi, CSeidenberg, PSiludjai, DSow, SOTamboura, BZeger, SLMurdoch, DRMadhi, SABackground. Detection of pneumococcus by lytA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in blood had poor diagnostic accuracy for diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia in children in 9 African and Asian sites. We assessed the value of blood lytA quantification in diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia. Methods. The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) case-control study tested whole blood by PCR for pneumococcus in children aged 1-59 months hospitalized with signs of pneumonia and in age-frequency matched community controls. The distribution of load among PCR-positive participants was compared between microbiologically confirmed pneumococcal pneumonia (MCPP) cases, cases confirmed for nonpneumococcal pathogens, nonconfirmed cases, and controls. Receiver operating characteristic analyses determined the "optimal threshold" that distinguished MCPP cases from controls. Results. Load was available for 290 of 291 cases with pneumococcal PCR detected in blood and 273 of 273 controls. Load was higher in MCPP cases than controls (median, 4.0 × 10 3 vs 0.19 × 10 3 copies/mL), but overlapped substantially (range, 0.16-989.9 × 10 3 copies/mL and 0.01-551.9 × 10 3 copies/mL, respectively). The proportion with high load (≥2.2 log 10 copies/mL) was 62.5% among MCPP cases, 4.3% among nonconfirmed cases, 9.3% among cases confirmed for a nonpneumococcal pathogen, and 3.1% among controls. Pneumococcal load in blood was not associated with respiratory tract illness in controls (P = .32). High blood pneumococcal load was associated with alveolar consolidation on chest radiograph in nonconfirmed cases, and with high ( > 6.9 log 10 copies/mL) nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal load and C-reactive protein ≥40 mg/L (both P < .01) in nonconfirmed cases but not controls. Conclusions. Quantitative pneumococcal PCR in blood has limited diagnostic utility for identifying pneumococcal pneumonia in individual children, but may be informative in epidemiological studies. |
| spellingShingle | Knoll, M Morpeth, SC Scott, JAG Watson, NL Park, DE Baggett, HC Brooks, WA Feikin, DR Hammitt, LL Howie, SRC Kotloff, KL Levine, OS O’Brien, KL Thea, DM Ahmed, D Antonio, M Awori, JO Baillie, VL Chipeta, J Deluca, AN Dione, M Driscoll, AJ Higdon, MM Jatapai, A Karron, RA Mazumder, R Moore, DP Mwansa, J Nyongesa, S Prosperi, C Seidenberg, P Siludjai, D Sow, SO Tamboura, B Zeger, SL Murdoch, DR Madhi, SA Evaluation of pneumococcal load in blood by polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in young children in the PERCH Study |
| title | Evaluation of pneumococcal load in blood by polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in young children in the PERCH Study |
| title_full | Evaluation of pneumococcal load in blood by polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in young children in the PERCH Study |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of pneumococcal load in blood by polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in young children in the PERCH Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of pneumococcal load in blood by polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in young children in the PERCH Study |
| title_short | Evaluation of pneumococcal load in blood by polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in young children in the PERCH Study |
| title_sort | evaluation of pneumococcal load in blood by polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in young children in the perch study |
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