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Tanaka S, De Tymowski C, Assadi M, Zappella N, Jean-Baptiste S, Robert T, Peoc'h K, Lortat-Jacob B, Fontaine L, Bouzid D, Tran-Dinh A, Tashk P, Meilhac O, Montravers P. Lipoprotein concentrations over time in the intensive care unit COVID-19 patients: Results from the ApoCOVID study. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0239573. [PMID: 32970772 PMCID: PMC7514065 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus2 has caused a global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). High-density lipoproteins (HDLs), particles chiefly known for their reverse cholesterol transport function, also display pleiotropic properties, including anti-inflammatory or antioxidant functions. HDLs and low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) can neutralize lipopolysaccharides and increase bacterial clearance. HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) and LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) decrease during bacterial sepsis, and an association has been reported between low lipoprotein levels and poor patient outcomes. The goal of this study was to characterize the lipoprotein profiles of severe ICU patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia and to assess their changes during bacterial ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) superinfection. METHODS A prospective study was conducted in a university hospital ICU. All consecutive patients admitted for COVID-19 pneumonia were included. Lipoprotein levels were assessed at admission and daily thereafter. The assessed outcomes were survival at 28 days and the incidence of VAP. RESULTS A total of 48 patients were included. Upon admission, lipoprotein concentrations were low, typically under the reference values ([HDL-C] = 0.7[0.5-0.9] mmol/L; [LDL-C] = 1.8[1.3-2.3] mmol/L). A statistically significant increase in HDL-C and LDL-C over time during the ICU stay was found. There was no relationship between HDL-C and LDL-C concentrations and mortality on day 28 (log-rank p = 0.554 and p = 0.083, respectively). A comparison of alive and dead patients on day 28 did not reveal any differences in HDL-C and LDL-C concentrations over time. Bacterial VAP was frequent (64%). An association was observed between HDL-C and LDL-C concentrations on the day of the first VAP diagnosis and mortality ([HDL-C] = 0.6[0.5-0.9] mmol/L in survivors vs. [HDL-C] = 0.5[0.3-0.6] mmol/L in nonsurvivors, p = 0.036; [LDL-C] = 2.2[1.9-3.0] mmol/L in survivors vs. [LDL-C] = 1.3[0.9-2.0] mmol/L in nonsurvivors, p = 0.006). CONCLUSION HDL-C and LDL-C concentrations upon ICU admission are low in severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients but are not associated with poor outcomes. However, low lipoprotein concentrations in the case of bacterial superinfection during ICU hospitalization are associated with mortality, which reinforces the potential role of these particles during bacterial sepsis.
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- Sébastien Tanaka
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
- Réunion Island University, French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), U1188 Diabetes atherothrombosis Réunion Indian Ocean (DéTROI), CYROI Plateform, Saint-Denis de La Réunion, Réunion, France
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- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
- French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) U1149, Center for Research on Inflammation, Paris, France
- University of Paris, UFR Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
- University of Paris, UFR Denis Diderot, Paris, France
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- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
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- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
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- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Biochemistry Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
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- French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) U1149, Center for Research on Inflammation, Paris, France
- University of Paris, UFR Denis Diderot, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Biochemistry Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
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- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
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- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
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- University of Paris, UFR Denis Diderot, Paris, France
- INSERM U1137 IAME, Paris, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Emergency Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
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- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
- French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) U1148, Laboratory for Vascular Translational Science, Paris, France
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- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
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- Réunion Island University, French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), U1188 Diabetes atherothrombosis Réunion Indian Ocean (DéTROI), CYROI Plateform, Saint-Denis de La Réunion, Réunion, France
- Réunion Island University-affiliated Hospital, Réunion, France
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- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France
- University of Paris, UFR Denis Diderot, Paris, France
- French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) U1152, Physiopathology and Epidemiology of Respiratory Diseases, Paris, France
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Fernández C, Larrubia JR, Avellón A, Martínez NM, Gómez A, Praetorius AG. [Severe acute hepatitis by delta virus superinfection: diagnostic significance of molecular biology.]. Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam 2016; 46:35-37. [PMID: 29470882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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HDV infection may occur within a primary HBV infection (co-infection) or by sub sequent acquisition ofthe virus in patients with chronic hepatitis B (superinfection). Acute HDV infection is rarely diagnosed. Since cero conversion usually takes place about six weeks after viral infection, early diagnosis requires the use of direct diagnostic techniques, such as antigen HD V (HDAg) detection, or genomic amplification by means of molecular biology methods (RT-PCR). Here were port the case of a patient with chronic HBV infection that develops a severe acute hepatitis due to VHD superinfec- tion only detected by molecular biology.
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Rachinger A, Manyenga P, Burger JA, Derks van de Ven TLP, Stolte IG, Prins M, van 't Wout AB, Schuitemaker H. Low incidence of HIV-1 superinfection even after episodes of unsafe sexual behavior of homosexual men in the Amsterdam Cohort Studies on HIV Infection and AIDS. J Infect Dis 2011; 203:1621-8. [PMID: 21592992 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) superinfection is infection of an HIV-1 seropositive individual with another HIV-1 strain. The rate at which HIV-1 superinfection occurs might be influenced by sexual behavior. Superinfection might be detected more often by analyzing longitudinal samples collected from time periods of unsafe sexual behavior. METHODS Envelope C2-C4 and gag sequences were generated from HIV-1 RNA from longitudinal serum samples that were obtained around self-reported sexual risk periods from 15 homosexual therapy-naïve men who participated in the Amsterdam Cohort Studies on HIV Infection and AIDS. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis was used to determine whether HIV-1 superinfection had occurred. RESULTS We studied a total of 124 serum samples from 15 patients with a median of 8 samples and of 5.8 person-years of follow-up per patient. Phylogenetic analysis on 907 C2-C4 env and 672 gag sequences revealed no case of HIV-1 superinfection, resulting in a superinfection incidence rate of 0 per 100 person-years [95%CI: 0 - -4.2]. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that HIV-1 superinfection incidence is low in this subgroup of homosexual men who reported unsafe sexual behavior. Additional studies are required to estimate the impact of also other factors, which may determine the risk to acquire HIV-1 superinfection.
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- Andrea Rachinger
- Department of Experimental Immunology, Sanquin Research, Landsteiner Laboratory, and Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Simpson AB, Yousef E, Hossain J. Evaluation of the relationship between IgE level and skin superinfection in children with atopic dermatitis. Allergy Asthma Proc 2010; 31:232-7. [PMID: 20615324 DOI: 10.2500/aap.2010.31.3335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Increased Th2 polarity weakens the innate immune response and predisposes children with atopic dermatitis (AD) to skin superinfection. This study was designed to evaluate the relationship between IgE level and bacterial superinfection in children with AD. A medical chart review was performed on 103 children with AD to assess the association between IgE level and skin superinfection. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to assess the relationship between categorized IgE level and the presence of bacterial superinfection after adjusting for cofounding variables including allergic rhinitis, asthma, and food allergy. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare pre- and postskin superinfection median IgE levels in a subset of patients. Compared with children with an IgE level of <300 IU/mL, children with an IgE level of >1001 IU/mL were 66.00 times more likely to have a skin superinfection (p = 0.003) and children with an IgE level between 301 and 1000 IU/mL were 12.38 times more likely to have a skin superinfection (p < 0.001). After controlling for cofounding variables including asthma, allergic rhinitis, and food allergy, children with an IgE level of >1001 IU/mL were 71.89 times more likely to have a skin superinfection (p = 0.018) and children with an IgE level between 301 and 1000 IU/mL were 8.79 times more likely to have a skin superinfection (p < 0.001) when compared with children with an IgE level of <300 IU/mL. There was a significant increase in IgE levels from baseline in 13 children treated for a skin superinfection (p = 0.001). IgE level is associated with Staphylococcus aureus superinfection in children with AD.
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- Alyson B Simpson
- Department of Allergy and Immunology, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware 19803, USA
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Lingard H, Zehetmayer S, Maier M. Bacterial superinfection in upper respiratory tract infections estimated by increases in CRP values: a diagnostic follow-up in primary care. Scand J Prim Health Care 2008; 26:211-5. [PMID: 18615361 PMCID: PMC3406637 DOI: 10.1080/02813430802214470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to estimate the rate of bacterial superinfection in patients with URTI by using on-site determination of C-reactive protein (CRP). DESIGN A prospective cohort study. SETTING A total of 30 primary care practices. SUBJECTS Patients with URTI. INTERVENTION The CRP value was determined at the first consultation and at a follow-up within 3-5 days. CRP values of 30 units (mg) or higher were considered to be an indication of bacterial involvement. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES CRP values during follow-up and duration of illness. RESULTS Among the 506 patients included, 73.1% exhibited a CRP value below the defined limit at their first visit and were considered to suffer from URTI of viral origin. The rate of subsequent bacterial superinfection was 8.1%. Compared with patients suffering from URTI of bacterial or viral origin the duration of illness in patients with bacterial superinfection was significantly longer. CONCLUSION During follow-up of patients with URTI, the prevalence of bacterial superinfection detected by using a near patient CRP determination is surprisingly low. This result should help to reduce the prescription rate of antibiotics in primary care.
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- Heide Lingard
- Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, Medical University, Vienna, Austria.
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Kalayanarooj S, Gibbons RV, Vaughn D, Green S, Nisalak A, Jarman RG, Mammen MP, Perng GC. Blood group AB is associated with increased risk for severe dengue disease in secondary infections. J Infect Dis 2007; 195:1014-7. [PMID: 17330792 DOI: 10.1086/512244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2006] [Accepted: 11/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Why certain individuals progress to severe dengue disease is unknown. In this study, blood groups associated with dengue disease were investigated. ABO phenotypes were identified by use of serum from 399 patients with dengue-virus infection who participated in a cohort study. ABO blood-group frequencies were similar in primary versus secondary dengue-virus infections. However, in secondary infection, individuals with blood group AB were likely to have dengue hemorrhagic fever grade 3 than either grades 1 and 2 combined (corrected P value, <.0001; odds ratio, 0.097 [95% confidence interval, 0.03-0.33]) or dengue fever (corrected P value, <.0001; odds ratio, 0.119 [95% confidence interval, 0.04-0.37]). To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating an association between ABO blood group and the severity of dengue disease.
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- Siripen Kalayanarooj
- Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, US Army Medical Corps-Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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Infection remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality in burn patients. Furthermore, the use of antibiotics in such patients has led to the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant microbial infections; one such infection in intensive care unit turns out to be caused by the enterococcal organisms. Our laboratory studies have used a rat model of bum injury and Enterococcus faecalis infection. Sprague-Dawley male rats ( approximately 250 g) were initially given an intragastric gavage of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin for 3 days. This procedure allowed for decontamination of intestine of gram-negative and some gram-positive organisms. The remainders of the gram-positive organisms were, to a large extent, Enterococci. After the decontamination procedure, rats were intra-abdominally inoculated with E. faecalis; inoculation involved preparation of sterilized rat fecal pellets impregnated with E. faecalis (10 colony-forming units) and their implants through a midline abdominal wall incision. Some of the rats that were implanted with the fecal pellets were subject to full-thickness skin bums ( approximately 30% total body surface area; 95 degrees C water for 7 s). Sham abdominal infection rats received a sterile pellet only; sham bum procedure consisted of exposing the skin to room temperature water. All sham and bum and/or E. faecalis infection procedures were carried out on rats under pentobarbital anesthesia. Inflammation and innate host defense-related responses were assessed via measurements of neutrophil effector responses, i.e., oxygen anion free radical (O2)/eIastase production, CD11b/CD18 expression, apoptosis, and tissue infiltration. Determining epithelial lactulose permeability, microvascular albumin leakage, and epithelial tight junction integrity assessed the status of intestinal function/structural derangements. The animals' metabolic and cardiovascular integrity was evaluated determining blood pH, p02, pC02, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and cardiac output. Whereas the aforementioned measurements were carried out at 24 to 48 h postbum injury with and without the Enterococcal infection, animal mortality was determined for up to 5 days after the experimental injuries. The results of the studies indicated that whereas bum or E. faecalis infection alone did not produce significant mortality, the dual insult with bum and E. faecalis infection resulted in significant animal death accompanied by relatively more profound metabolic and cardiovascular derangements. Inappropriately heightened neutrophil effector responses were present with bum alone as well as with the dual bum and infection complications. These studies suggest that animal models of bum injury with Enterococcal infection complications simulate the adverse outcomes bum patients infected with Enterococcal organisms.
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- Mohammed M Sayeed
- Department of Surgery and Physiology, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, USA
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Plantier JC, Lemée V, Dorval I, Gueudin M, Braun J, Hutin P, Ruffault A, Simon F. HIV-1 group M superinfection in an HIV-1 group O-infected patient. AIDS 2004; 18:2444-6. [PMID: 15622327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Shang Q, Yu J, Xiao D, Xu C, Chen C, Zhang G. [The effects of hepatitis E virus superinfection on patients with chronic hepatitis B: a clinico-pathological study]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 2002; 41:656-9. [PMID: 12485528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To observe the effect of hepatitis E virus (HEV) superinfection on hepatic lesion and hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). METHODS Totally 122 patients with CHB were enrolled in this study. They were tested for anti-HEV IgM and IgG in serum, amount of HBV DNA in serum and liver tissue obtained by liver biopsy and HBcAg expression in liver tissue. Other parameters such as ALT, total bilirubin (TBil), albumin (A) and globulin (G), gamma-electrophoretic protein (gamma-EP), prothrombin activity (PTA) were also measured. 21 of the 122 patients (17.2%) were found to have HEV superinfection and the remaining 101 were not. Repeat liver biopsy was performed after 1 year in 7 patients with HEV superinfection and 14 patients without. Moreover, HBV DNA amount in serum from 8 HBeAg negative patients with HEV superinfection were tested dynamically in acute and recovery stage of HEV infection. RESULTS Comparison of the data from the 21 patients with HEV superinfection and 101 without showed that there was no significant difference in the level of A/G ratio (1.74 +/- 0.50 vs. 1.83 +/- 0.37) and gamma-EP [(24.18 +/- 6.36)% vs. (22.27 +/- 4.59)%, P > 0.05]. However, the level of ALT [(244.61 +/- 81.07) U/L vs. (143.87 +/- 47.69) U/L] and TBil [(88.24 +/- 28.54) micro mol/L vs. (46.16 +/- 17.13) micro mol/L] was significantly higher (P < 0.05), but that of PTA lower in the group with HEV superinfection than in the group without superinfection [(58.57 +/- 17.44)% vs. (72.52 +/- 12.25)%, P < 0.05]. So were the amount of HBV DNA in serum [(5.45 +/- 1.86) copies/ml vs. (6.59 +/- 1.28) copies/ml, P < 0.05] and liver tissue [(6.96 +/- 2.52) copies/g vs. (8.47 +/- 1.79) copies/g, P < 0.05] as well as HBeAg and HBcAg positive rates (8/21 vs. 64/101; 9/21 vs. 67/101, P < 0.05). Pathologically, the hepatic inflammatory activity was more severer in patients with HEV superinfection, but the severity of fibrosis was not significantly different. There was no difference in the severity of inflammatory activity and stage of fibrosis between the 7 patients with HEV superinfection and the 14 patients without as well as before and after 1 year of treatment. The amount of HBV DNA and HBeAg positive rate in serum from recovery stage of HEV infection were higher than those of acute stage. CONCLUSIONS HEV superinfection leads to activation of hepatic pathological changes and worsens the inflammatory activity. Moreover, HEV superinfection inhibits HBV replication, but it may not be long-lasting.
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- Qinghua Shang
- Institute of Liver Disease, Jinan Military Region, The 88th Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, Taian, Shandong province 271000, China.
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Chen X, Xuan M, Wu D. [Study on hepatitis G virus infection]. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 1999; 20:85-7. [PMID: 10682539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To find out the situation of HGV infection in Shandong Province, and to explore the relations between HGV infection and HCV or HBV infection. METHODS Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to determine the serum anti-HGV in 1,082 patients with viral hepatitis, 77 patients with non A-E hepatitis and 361 blood donors. RESULTS 53 patients whose serum anti-HGVs were positive (positive rate: 3.49%) were noticed. The anti-HGV positive rate (8.93%) in patients with Hepatitis C was remarkably higher than that (3.32%) in patients with Hepatitis B (chi 2 = 8.80, P < 0.01). The anti-HGV positive rate (4.82%) in patients with chronic hepatitis was significantly higher than that (0.79%) in patients with acute hepatitis (chi 2 = 10.79, P < 0.01). The anti-HGV positive rate (8.00%) in patients with severe hepatitis was obviously higher than that in patients with acute hepatitis (chi 2 = 10.23, P < 0.01). CONCLUSION The manifestations of HGV infection can be expressed as virus-carriers, subclinical infection or various clinical types. Patients with Hepatitis C were more subjective to be overlapped with HGV than the patients with Hepatitis B; moreover, HCV or HBV infection superinfected with HGV is associated with exacerbation of patients' condition and the formation of chronic infection.
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- X Chen
- Taishan Medical College, Taian
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Cranage MP, Sharpe SA, Whatmore AM, Polyanskaya N, Norley S, Cook N, Leech S, Dennis MJ, Hall GA. In vivo resistance to simian immunodeficiency virus superinfection depends on attenuated virus dose. J Gen Virol 1998; 79 ( Pt 8):1935-44. [PMID: 9714241 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-8-1935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Infection of macaques with attenuated simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) induces potent superinfection resistance that may be applicable to the development of an AIDS vaccine but little information exists concerning the conditions necessary for the induction of this vaccine effect. We report that only a high dose of attenuated SIVmac protected macaques against intravenous challenge with more virulent virus 15 weeks after primary infection. Three of four animals given 2000-20000 TCID50 of SIVmacC8, a molecular clone of SIVmac251(32H) with a 12 bp deletion in the nef gene, essentially resisted superinfection with uncloned SIVmac. In two animals challenge virus was never detected by PCR and in one animal challenge virus was detected on one occasion only. Although animals given 2-200 TCID50 of attenuated virus were superinfected they were spared from the loss of CD4 cells seen in infected naive controls. Protection from superinfection did not correlate with immune responses, including the levels of virus-specific antibodies or virus-neutralizing activity measured on the day of challenge; although, after superinfection challenge, Nef-specific CTL responses were detected only in animals infected with high doses of attenuated SIV. Unexpectedly, cell-associated virus loads 2 weeks after inoculation were significantly lower in animals infected with a high dose of attenuated SIV compared to those in animals infected with a low dose. Our results suggest that the early dynamics of infection with attenuated virus influence superinfection resistance.
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- M P Cranage
- Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK.
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Attempts were made to generate a rabbit model of dual infection with human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV) types I and II. Four groups (A, B, C, and D) of three rabbits each were used. Group A was inoculated with the RW-1 cell line coinfected with HTLV-I and HTLV-II and group B was transfused from a dually infected rabbit. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using primers specific for the pol region of each virus detected both HTLV-I and HTLV-II in all group A and two group B rabbits, but HTLV-II only in the remaining group B rabbit. Groups C and D already infected with HTLV-I and HTLV-II, respectively, were inoculated with an HTLV-II- or HTLV-I-producing cell line. One group C rabbit became PCR-positive for both viruses but the other five resisted superinfection with the respective viruses. During prolonged observation, three of the six dually infected rabbits converted to single (HTLV-I or HTLV-II) infection. The in vivo dual infection was confirmed by in vitro establishment of a lymphoid cell line coinfected with HTLV-I and HTLV-II. It was also possible to establish coinfected lymphoid cell lines from HTLV-I-infected rabbits by coculture with lethally irradiated HTLV-II-producing cells and vice versa. The mechanism of viral elimination in dually infected rabbits, as well as that of protective immunity against superinfection, remains to be elucidated.
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- H Machida
- Department of Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku
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Liaw YF. Acute exacerbation and superinfection in patients with chronic viral hepatitis. J Formos Med Assoc 1995; 94:521-8. [PMID: 8696165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Recent studies, particularly those in Orientals, have shown that both acute exacerbation from the reactivation of the original virus and acute superinfection with other viruses occur frequently in patients with chronic viral hepatitis. The clinicopathologic features of acute exacerbation and acute superinfection are similar to those of acute hepatitis caused by a single virus, but acute exacerbation is usually less severe than acute superinfection. Recurrent acute exacerbations result from the host's intermittent but persistant efforts to eliminate the replicating virus by immune-mediated mechanisms, thus killing hepatocytes with viral replication. Severe acute exacerbation or acute superinfection may result in immediate hepatic decompensation, or even mortality, and late disease progression, including liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Further studies are needed to elucidate the basic mechanisms and provide more effective ways to avoid acute exacerbation and acute superinfection in patients with chronic viral hepatitis.
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- Y F Liaw
- Liver Research Unit, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wu JC, Chen TZ, Huang YS, Yen FS, Ting LT, Sheng WY, Tsay SH, Lee SD. Natural history of hepatitis D viral superinfection: significance of viremia detected by polymerase chain reaction. Gastroenterology 1995; 108:796-802. [PMID: 7875481 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(95)90453-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is very sensitive. The aim of the study was to reevaluate viral replication in hepatitis D virus (HDV) superinfection by PCR. METHODS HDV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) were detected by PCR in 185 patients. RESULTS The acute hepatitis group had the highest detection rate of HDV RNA compared with chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and remission groups (63 of 64 vs. 35 of 47, 17 of 23, 19 of 30, and 7 of 21) and the highest alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels (mean, 1741 U/L vs. 266 to 27 U/L; P < 0.05). The detection rate of HBV DNA was the lowest in the acute group (41%) compared with 66%, 70%, 80%, and 57% in the remaining groups (P < 0.02). At the chronic stage, 13%-25% of cases had HDV RNA, and 30%-48% of cases had HBV DNA detected by PCR but not by traditional method. HDV RNA was associated with ALT levels in horizontal and longitudinal analyses. CONCLUSIONS HDV superinfection may be divided into the following three phases: acute phase, active HDV replication and suppression of HBV with high ALT levels; chronic phase, decreasing HDV and reactivating HBV with moderate ALT levels; and late phase, development of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma caused by replication of either virus or remission resulting from marked reduction of both viruses.
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- J C Wu
- Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Okamoto H, Mishiro S, Tokita H, Tsuda F, Miyakawa Y, Mayumi M. Superinfection of chimpanzees carrying hepatitis C virus of genotype II/1b with that of genotype III/2a or I/1a. Hepatology 1994; 20:1131-6. [PMID: 7927243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2022]
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Three chimpanzees persistently infected with hepatitis C virus of genotype II/1b were challenged with hepatitis C virus of genotype III/2a and 6 wk later with hepatitis C virus of genotype I/1a. They were tested for titers of total and genotype-specific hepatitis C virus RNA, as well as for serum transaminase levels, until 52 wk after the first challenge. One chimpanzee (CH489) with intermittent low hepatitis C virus RNA titers of genotype II/1b in serum was superinfected with hepatitis C virus of genotype III/2a between wk 1 and 7 after the challenge; superinfection was accompanied by fluctuating high transaminase levels. Later, the animal was superinfected with hepatitis C virus of genotype I/1a. Superinfection was accompanied by persistently high transaminase levels immediately after the challenge. Hepatitis C virus of genotype I/1a persisted, whereas hepatitis C virus of genotype II/1b was undetectable 22 wk after the challenge and thereafter. In another chimpanzee (CH353) with intermittent low hepatitis C virus RNA titers of genotype II/1b, hepatitis C virus of genotype III/2a induced fluctuating high levels of serum transaminases without revealing itself in serum. Then, HCV of genotype I/1a superinfected her, induced persistently high transaminase levels and took over HCV of genotype II/1b at 22 wk after the challenge and thereafter. The third chimpanzee (CH451) with persistently high HCV RNA titers of genotype II/1b did not reveal HCV RNA of genotype III/2a in serum after the challenge, although transaminases sharply increased. Low-titered HCV RNA of genotype I/1a was detected at 18 wk after the challenge.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- H Okamoto
- Immunology Division, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi-Ken, Japan
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Yuan AL, Luo YH, Liu SD. [Tumor necrosis factor alpha levels in patients with chronic liver diseases and its relationship to pathogenesis]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 1994; 33:672-4. [PMID: 7712914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) was measured with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. TNF alpha levels in peripheral blood of patients with twenty-one cases of chronic persistent hepatitis (7.3 +/- 9.5 micrograms/L), fourty-two cases of chronic active hepatitis (15.4 +/- 31.1 micrograms/L), one hundred and six cases of liver cirrhosis (11.1 +/- 17.7 micrograms/L) and one hundred and ten cases of parimary hepatocellular carcinoma (10.9 +/- 13.3 micrograms/L) was significantly increased when compared with normal controls (4.3 +/- 2.9 micrograms/L) (P < 0.01). There was significant correlation between tumor necrosis factor alpha levels and ALT elevation and also between TNF alpha levels and bilirubin contents more than 100 mumol/L in chronic hepatitis patients. Tumor necrosis factor alpha levels was also significantly in HBV concomitant with HCV and/or HDV infection than in HBV infection alone. There was no correlation in tumor necrosis factor alpha levels and AFP concentrations. These findings show that tumor necrosis factor participates in the activity process of liver disease.
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- A L Yuan
- Department of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital, First Military Medical College, Guangzhou
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Chen NL, Cheng M, Jia KM. [An analysis of HCV infection by using recombinant HCV antigen C11 and C7]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 1994; 33:31-2. [PMID: 7519137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The recombinant protein C11 derived from the C region of HCV genome and C7 derived from the nonstructural region NS3 of the HCV genome were used in ELISA to study 442 cases of liver diseases, including chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in Beijing District. It was found that HBV infection was more prevalent than HCV infection in this district. Both liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma were more related to the superinfection of HBV and HCV rather than HBV infection alone or HCV infection alone. It is suggested that there may be some interaction between the HBV and HCV to worsen the prognosis of these patients.
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- N L Chen
- Institute of Liver Disease, Beijing Army General Hospital
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Zhang DF, Ren H, Jia XP, Zhou YS. Serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in the pathogenesis of clinical hepatic failure of HCV and/or HBV infection. Chin Med J (Engl) 1993; 106:335-8. [PMID: 8404274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Serum TNF and IL-6 levels were measured in 48 patients with liver disease positive for anti-HCV only or concurrent HBV infection. High serum TNF levels were observed in patients with liver disease positive for anti-HCV and/or HBV infection (P < 0.001). Serum TNF levels varied with the severity of liver disease. Serum TNF levels of anti-HCV positive patients with hepatic failure were higher than those with CAH (P < 0.01). Serum TNF levels of patients infected with HCV or concurrent HBV were also significantly higher than those with HBV infection alone (P < 0.001). However, no difference in serum IL-6 levels was observed in either group of patients. Serum TNF in the deceased patients with hepatic failure induced by HBV and HCV infection was higher than in those who survived (P < 0.05), and it also seemed significantly different in patients with and without multiple organ failure (P < 0.05). In vitro, HSS showed marked inhibitory activity on TNF production from PBM induced by endotoxin, but had no significant effect on the TNF cytotoxicity of L929 cells. It seems that high serum TNF level is an important mediator in the pathogenesis of liver necrosis and failure of microcirculation in HCV and/or HBV infection. These observations favor the attempt to treat hepatic failure with HSS or anti-TNF. Encouraging results were achieved using HSS in the treatment of subacute liver necrosis in our institute.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- D F Zhang
- Institute for Viral Hepatitis, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences
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Ren H, Zheng DF, Jia XP. [Tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 6 in hepatitis C virus infection]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 1992; 31:344-6, 381. [PMID: 1286584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) was determined with ELISA in 72 patients with hepatitis C and hepatitis B virus infections. Interleukin 6 (IL-6) was determined at the same time. TNF and IL-6 were significantly increased in patients with hepatitis C virus infections when compared with normal subjects and hepatitis B patients. There was a significant positive correlation between TNF and IL-6. It is suggested that increased TNF and IL-6 may play an important role in pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus infection.
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- H Ren
- Institute of Viral Hepatitis, Chongqing Medical University
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Lei ZY, Jiang XF. [Advances in research on hepatitis D in China]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 1992; 72:376-7. [PMID: 1332821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Wang QY, Huang DZ, He LX. [Hepatitis D virus RNA in serum from patients with hepatitis B]. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi 1990; 29:332-5, 381. [PMID: 2269030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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To clarify the correlation of hepatitis D virus (HDV) infection and viral replication in liver diseases, the authors detected HDV RNA and serological HDV markers in serum from 285 patients with hepatitis B and 45 asymptomatic carriers of HBsAg. With dot blot hybridization, serum HDV RNA was detected in 8.8% (29/330) of the patients with HBV infection. The positive rate of HDV RNA in fulminant hepatitis was higher than that in benign hepatitis (15/74 vs 3/47, P less than 0.05). 10 of the 139 patients with chronic active hepatitis and 1 of the 6 cases with cirrhosis were positive for HDV RNA. However, all of the 19 cases with chronic persistent hepatitis and 45 asymptomatic carriers of HBsAg were negative fo, HDV RNA. Serological HDV markers, HDAgr anti-HD and IgM-anti-HD, were determined with ELISA. HDV RNA was detected in all of the serum samples with positive HDAg and/or IgM-anti-HD, in 15 of the 26 cases with positive-anti-HD and in 8 cases without HDV markers. Our results showed that 40 of the 330 patients with HBsAg were infected by HDV. This investigation suggests that HDV is one of the etiological factors for fulminant hepatitis and chronic active hepatitis.
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- Q Y Wang
- Beijing second Infectious Diseases Hospital
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Tsai JF, Margolis HS, Fields HA, Chang WY, Tsai JH. Hepatitis delta virus superinfection among patients with chronic hepatitis B in southern Taiwan. Scand J Infect Dis 1990; 22:403-5. [PMID: 2218402 DOI: 10.3109/00365549009027070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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To study the prevalence of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) superinfection among patients with chronic hepatitis in southern Taiwan, total and IgM anti-delta antibody (anti-HD) and delta antigen (HDAg) were determined in 85 histology-proven patients with chronic hepatitis. There were 12/85 (14.1%) cases with total anti-HD; 3 of them were also positive for IgM anti-HD. Another 9 (10.6%) cases were positive for HDAg. Thus, the prevalence of HDV superinfection was 21/85 (24.7%), which was significantly higher than previous reports in southern Taiwan. The difference was not seen if anti-HD was used as the only detector. It is concluded that, when other methods are used than previously, HDV infection is more common than previously thought and there is no difference between different parts of Taiwan.
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- J F Tsai
- Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Lindbäck S, Hellgren U, Julander I, Hansson LO. The value of C-reactive protein as a marker of bacterial infection in patients with septicaemia/endocarditis and influenza. Scand J Infect Dis 1989; 21:543-9. [PMID: 2587955 DOI: 10.3109/00365548909037883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In order to evaluate the capacity of C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), white blood cell count (WBC) and polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) to differentiate between bacterial and viral infection we studied 176 patients with septicaemia/endocarditis (SE), 59 patients with uncomplicated influenza (UI) and 22 patients with complicated influenza (CI) retrospectively. All 4 parameters were significantly more elevated in SE and CI than in UI. Among patients with SE 10 176 had a CRP value less than 50 mg/l and in patients with UI 5/56 had a CRP value greater than 100 mg/l. Patients with SE caused by pneumococci had the highest CRP levels and patients with alfa-haemolytic streptococci the lowest. The sensitivity and specificity favours the use of CRP as an indicator of bacterial superinfection in influenza.
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- S Lindbäck
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Roslagstull Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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