Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: In a prospective cohort study, daily aspirates from intubated patients were cultured for P. aeruginosa. Positive patients had blind BAL ( bBAL) that was processed for biomarker concentrations. Secretion of type III secretion cytotoxins were also analyzed from the P. aeruginosa strains. RESULTS: Thirty-three patients were enrolled. Ten of the 33 patients died. bBAL PAI-1 concentrations were significantly increased in nonsurvivors compared with survivors (31.7 vs. 3.4 ng/ml, P = 0.001 for hospital mortality; 35.9 vs. 4.7 ng/ml, P = 0.02 for 28-day mortality). Even when acute respiratory distress syndrome patients were excluded, there was a significant difference between the survivors and nonsurvivors for bBAL PAI-1 concentrations (P = 0.005). Eighty-three percent of P. aeruginosa strains isolated from patients with high concentrations of bBAL PAI-1 also had strains that secreted cytotoxins. CONCLUSIONS:
PAI-1 concentrations in bBALs correlated with mortality in ventilated patients with positive cultures for P. aeruginosa. Elevated bBAL PAI-1 concentrations also correlated with the secretion of type III exotoxins by P. aeruginosa.
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Authors | Yuanlin Song, Susan V Lynch, Judith Flanagan, Hanjing Zhuo, Wynnson Tom, Rachel H Dotson, Marshall S Baek, Amua Rubio-Mills, Gaurav Singh, Eric Kipnis, David Glidden, Ron Brown, Oscar Garcia, Jeanine P Wiener-Kronish |
Journal | Anesthesiology
(Anesthesiology)
Vol. 106
Issue 2
Pg. 252-61
(Feb 2007)
ISSN: 0003-3022 [Print] United States |
PMID | 17264718
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Biomarkers
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1
- Receptors, Immunologic
- TREM1 protein, human
- Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Biomarkers
- Bronchi
(microbiology)
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
(chemistry)
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins
(analysis)
- Middle Aged
- Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1
(analysis)
- Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated
(mortality)
- Pseudomonas Infections
(metabolism, mortality)
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(pathogenicity)
- Receptors, Immunologic
(analysis)
- Trachea
(microbiology)
- Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1
- Virulence
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