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Title: Can a presepsin (SCD14-ST) obtained from tracheal aspirate be a biomarker for early-onset neonatal sepsis
Authors: Savic, Dragana
Simovic, Aleksandra
Pavlovic, Radisa
Knezevic Rangelov, Sanja
Folic Nevena
Trikos, Bojana
Đorđević, Zorana
Igrutinovic, Zoran
Issue Date: 2020
Abstract: © 2020, University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science. All rights reserved. In absence of clear clinical signs and clear definition, neonatal sepsis is still one of the major cause of morbidity and mortality. Most researchs in past time was directional on finding new biomarkers with greater sensitivity and specific-ity in detection of neonatal sepsis. The aim of our study was to investigate if presepsin obtained from tracheal asprate in intubated newborns, can be a novel biomarker of systemic bacterial infection. Our ‘’case control’’ study included 60 newborns, 11 with suspected neonatal sepsis. Tracheal aspirate for examination was taken in the usual toilets, in asep-tic conditions, by lavage with 2 ml of 0.9% NaCl in Mucus suction set. In the same day were mesured presepsin (blood), CRP, PCT, leukocytes and neutrophyls, as well as blood cul-ture. Our research showed higher levels for PCT and prese-psin (blood) in septic newborns, as well as in newborns with clinical signs of SIRS. Presepsin obtained from a tracheal aspirate had high score for septic newborns. As the coefficients of simple linear correlation showed, there was quantitative agreement between presepsin (blood) with presepsin (trache-al aspirate)-increase in the value of one leads to an increase in other. In conjunction with an already validated markers of infection, presepsin obtained from tracheal aspirate cam be turned on in diagnostic procedures.
URI: https://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/12740
Type: article
DOI: 10.2478/sjecr-2018-0021
ISSN: 1820-8665
SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85098845473
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