QUANTITATION OF PNEUMOCOCCAL-C POLYSACCHARIDE IN SPUTUM SAMPLES FROM PATIENTS WITH PRESUMPTIVE PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA BY ENZYME-IMMUNOASSAY

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作者
PARKINSON, AJ [1 ]
RABIEGO, ME [1 ]
SEPULVEDA, C [1 ]
DAVIDSON, M [1 ]
JOHNSON, C [1 ]
机构
[1] US PHS,ALASKA NAT MED CTR LAB,ANCHORAGE,AK 99510
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10.1128/JCM.30.2.318-322.1992
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Although the Gram stain and culture of expectorated sputum are considered standard methods for the diagnosis of presumptive pneumococcal pneumonia, these methods remain relatively insensitive and nonspecific. We developed an enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for the quantitation of pneumococcal C polysaccharide (PnC) in the sputum of patients with presumptive pneumococcal pneumonia. Of 34 patient sputum samples collected within 24 h of the first radiographic report of pneumonia, 12 grew Streptococcus pneumoniae on culture. By using a cutoff point of 0.5-mu-g of PnC per ml of sputum, all 12 specimens were positive (sensitivity, 100%) by EIA. PnC levels ranged from 1.43 to 57.53-mu-g/ml. Blood samples from 18 of the 34 patients were cultured. S. pneumoniae grew in the culture of a blood sample from one patient, whose sputum also had the highest PnC level. Of 22 sputum samples from patients with pneumonia that did not grow S. pneumoniae, two were positive by EIA (specificity, 90.1%). Sputa from both patients had low levels of PnC (2.7 and 4.5-mu-g/ml), and both patients had received antibiotics before sputum collection. The positive predictive value of the quantitative EIA was 85.7%. Quantitation of PnC has the potential for improving the accuracy of sputum examination for S. pneumoniae, monitoring disease severity and the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy, and differentiating between those patients with invasive pneumococcal disease and those who are carriers of S. pneumoniae.
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