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Dupuy AM, Ruffel L, Bargnoux AS, Badiou S, Cristol JP. Analytical evaluation of the performances of a new procalcitonin immunoassay. Clin Chem Lab Med 2021; 60:77-80. [PMID: 34800089 DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2021-1019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Anne Marie Dupuy
- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Hormonologie, CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Hormonologie, CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Hormonologie, CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France.,Laboratoire de Biochimie et Hormonologie, PhyMedExp, Université de Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Hormonologie, CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France.,Laboratoire de Biochimie et Hormonologie, PhyMedExp, Université de Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de Biochimie et Hormonologie, CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France.,Laboratoire de Biochimie et Hormonologie, PhyMedExp, Université de Montpellier, INSERM, CNRS, CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Choi H, Tashpulatova Z, Moon SY, Choi J, Kim JY, Lee SM. Evaluation of the Beckman Coulter Access Procalcitonin Assay: analytical and clinical performance. Clin Chem Lab Med 2021; 60:e50-e53. [PMID: 34668362 DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2021-0900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Hyunji Choi
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Gyeongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Gyeongnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Gyeongnam, Republic of Korea
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Cho HW, Kim SH, Cho Y, Jeong SH, Lee SG. Concordance of Three Automated Procalcitonin Immunoassays at Medical Decision Points. Ann Lab Med 2021; 41:419-423. [PMID: 33536362 PMCID: PMC7884194 DOI: 10.3343/alm.2021.41.4.419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Procalcitonin (PCT) is a useful bacterial infection biomarker with the potential for guiding antibiotic therapy. We evaluated the concordance of three automated PCT immunoassays: Kryptor (BRAHMS GmbH, Hennigsdorf, Germany), Atellica IM 1600 (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Munich, Germany), and Cobas e801 (Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany). In 119 serum samples with a PCT concentration <5.00 μg/L, Kryptor (reference assay) was compared with the other two immunoassays by Spearman’s rank correlation, regression analysis, and concordance at two antibiotic stewardship medical decision points: 0.25 and 0.50 μg/L. The Atellica IM 1600 and Cobas e801 results showed high correlations with those of Kryptor, with correlation coefficient (ρ) values of 0.97 and 0.99, respectively. However, negative biases were observed in both immunoassays (slope/y-intercept: 0.75/–0.00 for Atellica IM 1600; 0.88/–0.01 for Cobas e801). Atellica IM 1600 and Cobas e801 demonstrated excellent concordance with Kryptor at both medical decision points, with linearly weighted κ values of 0.90 and 0.92, respectively, despite discrepancies, which were more prominent at the 0.25 μg/L medical decision point. Based on these biases and discrepancies, the alternate use of different PCT immunoassays in repeat examinations is inadvisable. Standardization is required before comparing the results of different PCT immunoassays.
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- Hae Weon Cho
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine Research Institute of Bacterial Resistance, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Huynh HH, Bœuf A, Pfannkuche J, Schuetz P, Thelen M, Nordin G, van der Hagen E, Kaiser P, Kesseler D, Badrick T, Poggi B, Tiikkainen U, Davies GJ, Kessler A, Plebani M, Vinh J, Delatour V. Harmonization status of procalcitonin measurements: what do comparison studies and EQA schemes tell us? Clin Chem Lab Med 2021; 59:1610-1622. [PMID: 34147043 DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2021-0566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Sepsis represents a global health priority because of its high mortality and morbidity. The key to improving prognosis remains an early diagnosis to initiate appropriate antibiotic treatment. Procalcitonin (PCT) is a recognized biomarker for the early indication of bacterial infections and a valuable tool to guide and individualize antibiotic treatment. To meet the increasing demand for PCT testing, numerous PCT immunoassays have been developed and commercialized, but results have been questioned. Many comparison studies have been carried out to evaluate analytical performance and comparability of results provided by the different commercially available immunoassays for PCT, but results are conflicting. External Quality Assessment Schemes (EQAS) for PCT constitute another way to evaluate results comparability. However, when making this comparison, it must be taken into account that the variety of EQA materials consist of different matrices, the commutability of which has not yet been investigated. The present study gathers results from all published comparison studies and results from 137 EQAS surveys to describe the current state-of-the-art harmonization of PCT results. Comparison studies globally highlight a significant variability of measurement results that nonetheless seem to have a moderate impact on medical decision-making. For their part, EQAS for PCT provides highly discrepant estimates of the interlaboratory CV. Due to differences in commutability of the EQA materials, the results from different peer groups could not be compared. To improve the informative value of the EQA data, the existing limitations such as non-harmonized conditions and suboptimal and/or unknown commutability of the EQA materials have to be overcome. The study highlights the need for commutable reference materials that could be used to properly evaluate result comparability and possibly standardize calibration, if necessary. Such an initiative would further improve the safe use of PCT in clinical routine.
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- Huu-Hien Huynh
- Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d'Essais, Paris, France
- Biological Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, SMBP, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire National de Métrologie et d'Essais, Paris, France
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- University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland
- Faculty of medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Dutch Foundation for Quality Assessment in Medical Laboratories (SKML), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- External Quality Assurance in Laboratory Medicine in Sweden (Equalis), Uppsala, Sweden
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- MCA laboratory, Streekziekenhuis Koningin Beatrix, Winterswijk, The Netherlands
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- Quality Control Center Switzerland (CSCQ), Chêne-Bourg, Switzerland
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- Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs (RCPAQAP), Sydney, Australia
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- ProBioQual, Lyon, France
- Laboratoire de Biochimie des Hospices Civiles de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Weqas, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cardiff, Wales, UK
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- Reference Institute for Bioanalytics (RfB), Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital of Padova, Verona, Italy
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- Biological Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, SMBP, ESPCI Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Paris, France
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Wang G, Wan Y, Lin G, Li Z, Dong Z, Liu T. Development of a novel chemiluminescence immunoassay for the detection of procalcitonin. J Immunol Methods 2020; 484-485:112829. [PMID: 32673618 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2020.112829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the analytical performance of our previously developed chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) kit for the detection of procalcitonin (PCT) and compare with the results obtained using the Vidas B.R.A.H.M.S. PCT™ test (PCT-V). DESIGN AND METHODS Our laboratory previously designed a novel CLIA kit and supporting instrument (AE-180) for the detection of PCT. We analyzed the clinical performance of this system, including the imprecision, limit of detection, and linearity of analyses of 305 serum specimens. The results were compared with measurements of the same serum samples obtained with PCT-V. RESULTS The limit of detection and blank of our kit were 0.0075 and 0.0039 ng/mL, respectively. The intra- and inter-assay coefficient of variation of the kit were both between 0.8% and 3.9%. The equation of linearity was found to be y = 1.03× + 0.06 (r = 0.99) for concentrations in the range of 0.01-110 ng/mL. The correlation coefficient with the results of PCT-V was 0.995, and the equation obtained for Passing and Bablok regression analysis was 1.061 for our CLIA PCT kit and - 0.003 for PCT-V. Our kit slightly overestimated the concentration according to comparison with PCT-V results. CONCLUSION The kit that was previously developed in our laboratory for the measurement of serum PCT concentration using CLIA technology shows excellent performance, just that the functional sensitivity is not as good as the PCT-V; therefore, we suggest that this kit is suitable for clinical use.
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- Gang Wang
- Institute of Antibody Engineering, School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong, PR China
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- Research Institute, Guangzhou Darui Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510507, Guangdong, PR China
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- Institute of Antibody Engineering, School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong, PR China
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- Research Institute, Guangzhou Darui Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510507, Guangdong, PR China
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- Research Institute, Guangzhou Darui Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou 510507, Guangdong, PR China
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- Institute of Antibody Engineering, School of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong, PR China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong, PR China.
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