Del Bono Valerio, Mularoni Alessandra, Furfaro Elisa, Delfino Emanuele, Rosasco Lorenzo, Miletich Franca, Viscoli Claudio
Clinica Malattie Infettive, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2009 Oct;16(10):1524-6. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00276-09. Epub 2009 Aug 19.
(1,3)-beta-d-Glucan (BG) is a component of the Pneumocystis jiroveci cell wall. Thirty-one immunocompromised patients with pneumonia (16 with presumptive pneumocystis pneumonia [PCP] and 15 with non-PCP) were evaluated for serum BG levels. Serum from all 16 presumptive PCP patients and from 2/15 patients with non-PCP was positive for BG. Results indicate that BG is a reliable marker for diagnosing PCP.
(1,3)-β-D-葡聚糖(BG)是耶氏肺孢子菌细胞壁的一个组成部分。对31例免疫功能低下的肺炎患者(16例疑似肺孢子菌肺炎[PCP]和15例非PCP患者)的血清BG水平进行了评估。所有16例疑似PCP患者以及15例非PCP患者中的2例血清BG呈阳性。结果表明,BG是诊断PCP的可靠标志物。