Cori Daines1, Donald VanDeVanter2, Umer Khan3, Julia Emerson4, Sonya Heltshe4, Sharon McNamara4, Michael Anstead5, Markus Langkamp6, Gerd Doring7, Felix Ratjen8, Bonnie Ramsey4, Ronald L Gibson4, Wayne Morgan9, Margaret Rosenfeld4. 1. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States. Electronic address: cdaines@arc.arizona.edu. 2. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States. 3. Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98121, United States. 4. Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98105-0371, United States. 5. Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40563-0284, United States. 6. Mediagnost®, Aspenhaustr. 25, 72770 Reutlingen, Germany. 7. Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. 8. Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. 9. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, United States.
Abstract
RATIONALE: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) serology could potentially be a useful adjunct to respiratory culture methods for the detection of initial or early Pa infection in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the utility of Pa serology to predict Pa isolation from respiratory (generally oropharyngeal) cultures in the subsequent 6 or 12 months among young children with CF from whom Pa had never been previously cultured. Pa serology was also evaluated in a group of healthy controls. METHODS: Children ≤ 12 years of age without prior isolation of Pa from respiratory cultures participating in the Early Pseudomonal Infection Control EPIC Observational Study (EPIC OBS) had annual serum samples for measurement of antibodies against alkaline protease, elastase and exotoxin A using a commercial kit; controls had a single serum sample. Logistic regression with generalized estimating equations was used to characterize associations between log10 serum antibody titers and first isolation of Pa from a respiratory culture within the subsequent 6 or 12 months, with adjustment for sex and age. Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to optimize antibody titer cutpoints by age group. The diagnostic properties of each antibody were estimated using these optimized cutpoints. RESULTS: Pa serology was evaluated in 582 children with CF (2084 serum samples) and 94 healthy controls. There was substantial overlap between serum antibody titers among controls, CF patients who did not acquire Pa (N = 261) and CF patients who did acquire Pa (N = 321). The maximum positive predictive value for first Pa positive culture within the ensuing 6 months was 76.2% and maximum negative predictive value was 72.1% for any antigen or combination of antigens; values were similar for 12 months. CONCLUSIONS: Pa serology does not appear useful for predicting first Pa positive oropharyngeal culture among young CF patients.
RATIONALE: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) serology could potentially be a useful adjunct to respiratory culture methods for the detection of initial or early Pa infection in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the utility of Pa serology to predict Pa isolation from respiratory (generally oropharyngeal) cultures in the subsequent 6 or 12 months among young children with CF from whom Pa had never been previously cultured. Pa serology was also evaluated in a group of healthy controls. METHODS:Children ≤ 12 years of age without prior isolation of Pa from respiratory cultures participating in the Early Pseudomonal Infection Control EPIC Observational Study (EPIC OBS) had annual serum samples for measurement of antibodies against alkaline protease, elastase and exotoxin A using a commercial kit; controls had a single serum sample. Logistic regression with generalized estimating equations was used to characterize associations between log10 serum antibody titers and first isolation of Pa from a respiratory culture within the subsequent 6 or 12 months, with adjustment for sex and age. Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to optimize antibody titer cutpoints by age group. The diagnostic properties of each antibody were estimated using these optimized cutpoints. RESULTS: Pa serology was evaluated in 582 children with CF (2084 serum samples) and 94 healthy controls. There was substantial overlap between serum antibody titers among controls, CF patients who did not acquire Pa (N = 261) and CF patients who did acquire Pa (N = 321). The maximum positive predictive value for first Pa positive culture within the ensuing 6 months was 76.2% and maximum negative predictive value was 72.1% for any antigen or combination of antigens; values were similar for 12 months. CONCLUSIONS: Pa serology does not appear useful for predicting first Pa positive oropharyngeal culture among young CF patients.
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