A comparison of host response strategies to distinguish bacterial and viral infection

Melissa Ross, Ricardo Henao, Thomas W. Burke, Emily R. Ko, Micah T. McClain, Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, Christopher W. Woods, Ephraim L. Tsalik

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Abstract

Objectives Compare three host response strategies to distinguish bacterial and viral etiologies of acute respiratory illness (ARI). Methods In this observational cohort study, procalcitonin, a 3-protein panel (CRP, IP-10, TRAIL), and a host gene expression mRNA panel were measured in 286 subjects with ARI from four emergency departments. Multinomial logistic regression and leave-one-out cross validation were used to evaluate the protein and mRNA tests. Results The mRNA panel performed better than alternative strategies to identify bacterial infection: AUC 0.93 vs. 0.83 for the protein panel and 0.84 for procalcitonin (P
Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalPloS one
Volume16
Issue number12 December
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2021
Externally publishedYes

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Medicine

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