Abstract | OBJECTIVE:
Pulmonary surfactant protein (SP)-B plays a vital role in the formation and function of surfactant in the lung. A genetic polymorphism (SP-B + 1580) is postulated to result in diminished activity of SP-B. The objective was to determine whether the SP-B + 1580 CC genotype is associated with an increased risk of respiratory failure and ARDS in adults with community-acquired pneumonia. DESIGN: Prospective cohort of adults diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia. SETTING: Hospital system. PATIENTS: We enrolled 402 adults > or = 18 yrs of age with community-acquired pneumonia; 158 were white, 243 were African American, and one was Asian. INTERVENTIONS: Genotypic analysis was performed on DNA isolated from whole blood using polymerase chain reaction amplification and DdeI restriction enzyme digestion. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: We recorded the requirement for mechanical ventilation, the presence of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or septic shock, and mortality. Sixty-three patients required mechanical ventilation, 12 patients developed ARDS, and 35 patients developed septic shock. Genotypic frequencies at the SP-B + 1580 site were T/T 183 of 402 (0.45), T/C 160 of 402 (0.40), and C/C 59 of 402 (0.15). Of the 59 patients who were C/C at the SP-B + 1580 site, 21 (0.356) required mechanical ventilation, compared with 26 of 160 patients (0.163) who were T/C and 16 of 183 (0.087) patients who were T/T (p < .001). ARDS developed in five of 59 (0.085) patients with the C/C genotype, compared with six of 160 (.038) patients with T/C and one of 183 patients with T/T (0.005, p < .009). Septic shock occurred in 12 of 59 (0.203) patients with the C/C genotype, compared with 13 of 160 (0.081) patients with T/C and ten of 183 (0.055) patients with T/T (p < .001). Mortality rate was not different between the three genotypes. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Michael W Quasney, Grant W Waterer, Mary K Dahmer, Grace K Kron, Qing Zhang, Lori A Kessler, Richard G Wunderink |
Journal | Critical care medicine
(Crit Care Med)
Vol. 32
Issue 5
Pg. 1115-9
(May 2004)
ISSN: 0090-3493 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15190959
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein B
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Case-Control Studies
- Cause of Death
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
(genetics)
- Community-Acquired Infections
(complications)
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
(genetics)
- Genotype
- Hospital Mortality
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pneumonia
(complications)
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
(genetics)
- Prospective Studies
- Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein B
(genetics, physiology)
- Respiration, Artificial
(statistics & numerical data)
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome
(etiology, mortality, therapy)
- Respiratory Insufficiency
(etiology, mortality, therapy)
- Restriction Mapping
- Risk Factors
- Shock, Septic
(etiology, mortality, therapy)
- Tennessee
(epidemiology)
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