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Clinical and Microbiological Factors Associated with High Nasopharyngeal Pneumococcal Density in Patients with Pneumococcal Pneumonia
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- Alpkvist, Helena (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Athlin, Simon, 1971- (author)
- Örebro universitet,Institutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin,Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden,Univ Orebro, Dept Infect Dis, Fac Med & Hlth, SE-70182 Orebro, Sweden.
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- Naucler, Pontus (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Herrmann, Björn (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Klinisk mikrobiologi och infektionsmedicin
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- Abdeldaim, Guma (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Klinisk mikrobiologi och infektionsmedicin,Benghazi Univ, Dept Med Microbiol & Parasitol, Fac Med, Benghazi, Libya.
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- Slotved, Hans-Christian (author)
- Department of Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark,Statens Serum Inst, Dept Microbiol & Infect Control, DK-2300 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Hedlund, Jonas (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Strålin, Kristoffer (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- 2015-10-14
- 2015
- English.
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In: PLOS ONE. - : Public Library Science. - 1932-6203. ; 10:10
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- Background: We aimed to study if certain clinical and/or microbiological factors are associated with a high nasopharyngeal (NP) density of Streptococcus pneumoniae in pneumococcal pneumonia. In addition, we aimed to study if a high NP pneumococcal density could be useful to detect severe pneumococcal pneumonia.Methods: Adult patients hospitalized for radiologically confirmed community-acquired pneumonia were included in a prospective study. NP aspirates were collected at admission and were subjected to quantitative PCR for pneumococcal DNA (Spn9802 DNA). Patients were considered to have pneumococcal etiology if S. pneumoniae was detected in blood culture and/ or culture of respiratory secretions and/or urinary antigen test.Results: Of 166 included patients, 68 patients had pneumococcal DNA detected in NP aspirate. Pneumococcal etiology was noted in 57 patients (84%) with positive and 8 patients (8.2%) with negative test for pneumococcal DNA (p<0.0001). The median NP pneumococcal density of DNA positive patients with pneumococcal etiology was 6.83 log(10) DNA copies/mL (range 1.79-9.50). In a multivariate analysis of patients with pneumococcal etiology, a high pneumococcal density was independently associated with severe pneumonia (Pneumonia Severity Index risk class IV-V), symptom duration >= 2 days prior to admission, and a medium/high serum immunoglobulin titer against the patient's own pneumococcal serotype. NP pneumococcal density was not associated with sex, age, smoking, co-morbidity, viral co-infection, pneumococcal serotype, or bacteremia. Severe pneumococcal pneumonia was noted in 28 study patients. When we studied the performance of PCR with different DNA cut-off levels for detection of severe pneumococcal pneumonia, we found sensitivities of 54-82% and positive predictive values of 37-56%, indicating suboptimal performance.Conclusions: Pneumonia severity, symptom duration similar to 2 days, and a medium/high serum immunoglobulin titer against the patient's own serotype were independently associated with a high NP pneumococcal density. NP pneumococcal density has limited value for detection of severe pneumococcal pneumonia.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Mikrobiologi inom det medicinska området (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Microbiology in the medical area (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Infektionsmedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Infectious Medicine (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Lungmedicin och allergi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Respiratory Medicine and Allergy (hsv//eng)
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- Infektionssjukdomar
- Infectious Diseases
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