Unit of Infecious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital General Universitario, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain.
Spanish Network for the Research in Infectious Diseases (REIPI RD12/0015), Madrid, Spain.
Intensive Care Med. 2016 Jan;42(1):46-53. doi: 10.1007/s00134-015-4077-6. Epub 2015 Nov 4.
To evaluate the usefulness of the secretion of interferon-γ (IFNγ) by cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific CD8+ T cells to determine the risk of CMV reactivation in critically ill non-immunosuppressed patients.
Two-center prospective cohort study including critically ill non-immunosuppressed CMV-seropositive patients admitted between December 2012 and March 2013. The incidence of CMV reactivation by polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR) in plasma was investigated. IFNγ secretion by CMV-specific CD8+ T lymphocytes was determined at the time of admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) by means of the QuantiFERON(®)-CMV (QF-CMV) test. Cox regression analyses were performed to investigate CMV reactivation risk factors.
Fifty-three patients were included, of whom 13 (24.5%) presented CMV reactivation. Twenty-six patients (49.1%) were QF-CMV "reactive" (QF-CMV(R)). Of the 26 QF-CMV(R) patients, 11.5% (3/26) had CMV reactivation, whereas 37% (10/27) of QF-CMV "non reactive" patients (QF-CMV(NR)) presented reactivation (p = 0.03). By Cox regression, the presence of QF-CMV(R) at ICU admission (HR 0.09, 95% CI 0.02-0.44; p = 0.003) was associated with a decreased risk of CMV reactivation. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of QF-CMV were 77, 57, 37, and 88%, respectively. Eleven of the 53 patients (20.7%) died during the follow-up period. Mortality was more frequent in patients with CMV reactivation (6/13, 46.1 vs. 5/40, 12.5%; p = 0.015).
In critically ill non-immunosuppressed patients, the presence of functional CMV-specific CD8+ T lymphocyte response at intensive care unit admission provides protection against CMV reactivation.
评估细胞巨化病毒(CMV)-特异性 CD8+T 细胞分泌干扰素-γ(IFNγ)对确定重症非免疫抑制患者 CMV 再激活风险的作用。
纳入 2012 年 12 月至 2013 年 3 月间入住重症监护病房(ICU)的重症非免疫抑制 CMV 阳性患者进行前瞻性队列研究。通过聚合酶链反应(PCR)检测血浆中 CMV 再激活情况。通过 QuantiFERON(®)-CMV(QF-CMV)检测在 ICU 入院时测定 CMV 特异性 CD8+T 淋巴细胞 IFNγ的分泌情况。采用 Cox 回归分析探讨 CMV 再激活的危险因素。
共纳入 53 例患者,其中 13 例(24.5%)出现 CMV 再激活。26 例(49.1%)患者 QF-CMV 检测呈“反应性”(QF-CMV(R))。在 26 例 QF-CMV(R)患者中,11.5%(3/26)出现 CMV 再激活,而 27 例 QF-CMV“非反应性”(QF-CMV(NR))患者中 37%(10/27)出现再激活(p=0.03)。Cox 回归分析显示,ICU 入院时 QF-CMV(R)的存在(HR 0.09,95%CI 0.02-0.44;p=0.003)与 CMV 再激活风险降低相关。QF-CMV 的敏感性、特异性、阳性预测值和阴性预测值分别为 77%、57%、37%和 88%。53 例患者中有 11 例(20.7%)在随访期间死亡。CMV 再激活患者的死亡率更高(6/13,46.1%比 5/40,12.5%;p=0.015)。
在重症非免疫抑制患者中,ICU 入院时存在功能性 CMV 特异性 CD8+T 淋巴细胞反应可提供针对 CMV 再激活的保护。