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Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in profoundly neutropenic patients.Delayed diagnosis and therapy may lead to poor outcomes.
Scientists assess the performance characteristics of the galactomannan (GM) assay in serum and bronchoalveolar lavage specimens for the diagnosis of IA in neutropenic patients with hematological malignancies and evaluated the prognostic outcome.
Patients and methods：A total of 1198 serum samples and 42 BAL from 235 neutropenic patients were tested with a GM elisa platelia test. They used Cox modeling of time to 6 and 12-week mortality for GM level at the time of diagnosis (GM0) and GM decay in the week following diagnosis in proven and probable IA patients with more than two GM values.
Results：There were three proven, 55 probable, and four possible cases of IA. The sensitivity and specificity of the GM test were 96.8% and 82.4% respectively. In BAL samples, sensitivity was 86% and the specificity 93%. BAL GM was more sensitive than microscopy (22.2%) and BAL culture (38.9%). Among patients with proven/probable IA, serum and BAL GM were in agreement for 92.8% of paired samples. The hazard ratio (HR) of GM0 and 1-week GM decay per unit increase in Aspergillus enzyme immunoassay (EIA) was 1.044 (95% CI, 0.738 to 1.476) and 0.709 (95% CI, 0.236 to 2.130) respectively.
The related experiment results are shown in the following table.
Conclusion：They found good correlation between the GM0 and GM decay combination and outcome of IA patients. The GM is a useful tool for diagnosis and monitoring of IA.
Primary literature adoped from Pathologie Biologie 60 (2012) 357–361
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