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EnglishTo determine the diagnostic utility of serum calprotectin, a mediator of innate immune response against infections, we performed a multicenter study involving newborns with a birth weight < 1500 g and a postnatal age > 72 hours of life. The diagnostic accuracy of serum calprotectin was compared with that of the most commonly used markers of neonatal sepsis (white blood cell count, immature-to-total-neutrophil ratio, platelet count, and C-reactive protein). We found that the serum calprotectin concentration was significantly higher (P < .001) in 62 newborns with confirmed sepsis (3.1 +/- 1.0 mu g/mL) than in either 29 noninfected subjects (1.1 +/- 0.3 mu g/ml) or 110 healthy controls (0.91 +/- 0.58 mu g/ml). The diagnostic accuracy of serum calprotectin was greater (sensitivity 89%, specificity 96%) than that of the traditional markers of sepsis. In conclusion, serum calprotectin is an accurate marker of sepsis in very low birth weight newborns.
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| Titolo: | Serum Calprotectin: An Antimicrobial Peptide as a New Marker For the Diagnosis of Sepsis in Very Low Birth Weight Newborns |
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| Data di pubblicazione: | 2011 |
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| Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11573/402428 |
| Appartiene alla tipologia: | 01a Articolo in rivista |
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