Prognostic performance of IL-6 and IL-10 in febrile pediatric hematology/oncology patients with normal procalcitonin.
J Infect Chemother
; 30(5): 387-392, 2024 May.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
It is important to predict adverse outcomes in febrile children with hematology/oncology diseases. Procalcitonin (PCT) is a promising biomarker for the prediction of infection severity, but further studies have revealed its performance in excluding adverse outcomes of infection. IL-6 and IL-10 were reported to have a close association with those infection outcomes. The aim of the study was to investigate the performance of IL-6 and IL-10 in febrile pediatric hematology/oncology patients with normal PCT.METHODS:
This was a retrospective study conducted in a tertiary children's hospital in China over the past ten years. Inflammatory biomarkers, including IL-6, IL-10, PCT and C-reactive protein (CRP), were detected at the onset of infection. Separate analyses were conducted in patients with neutropenia and without neutropenia.RESULTS:
In total, 5987 febrile cases were enrolled. For patients with neutropenia, IL-6, IL-10 and PCT were significantly increased in patients with bloodstream infection (BSI), gram-negative bacteremia (GNB) and severe sepsis (SS), but only IL-6 and IL-10 were predictive of GNB and SS. For patients without neutropenia, IL-6, IL-10 and PCT were significantly increased in patients with BSI, GNB and SS, but no biomarkers were predictive of adverse outcomes. All biomarkers failed to exclude patients with fever of unknown origin or upper respiratory infection/bronchitis in patients with neutropenia.CONCLUSIONS:
IL-6 and IL-10 could be predictors for GNB and SS in febrile patients with neutropenia and had some association with unfavorable outcomes in febrile patients without neutropenia. All biomarkers failed to exclude patients with fever of unknown origin or upper respiratory infection/bronchitis.Palavras-chave
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Bronquite
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Bacteriemia
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Sepse
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Febre de Causa Desconhecida
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Hematologia
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Neoplasias
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Neutropenia
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Child
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Humans
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Ano de publicação:
2024
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