Increased presepsin levels are associated with the severity of fungal bloodstream infections.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Presepsin is a widely recognized biomarker for sepsis. However, little is known about the usefulness of presepsin in invasive fungal infection. The aim of this study was to determine the plasma levels of presepsin in fungal bloodstream infections and to investigate whether it reflects the disease severity, similar to its utility in bacterial infections.

Methods

We prospectively measured presepsin in plasma samples from participants with fungemia from April 2016 to December 2017. The associations of C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and presepsin concentrations with the severity of fungemia were statistically analyzed. In vitro assay was performed by incubating Escherichia coli, Candida albicans, and lipopolysaccharide to whole blood cells collected from healthy s

SUBMITTER: Bamba Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6209217 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature