The Diagnostic and prognostic value of CXCL12 (SDF-1α) level in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease

Introduction: New diagnostic tools are being investigated for rapid and accurate TB detection. We aimed to find out the diagnostic yield and accuracy of chemokine CXCL12 (SDF-1a) levels in diagnosing active TB (aTB) and making a differential diagnosis from other several infectious/non-infectious pu...

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Main Authors: Ilkay Koca Kalkan, Ayse Gozu, Ebru Tansel, Serife Nilgun Kalac, Belgin Samurkasoglu, Hulya Simsek
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Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2021-01-01
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author Ilkay Koca Kalkan
Ayse Gozu
Ebru Tansel
Serife Nilgun Kalac
Belgin Samurkasoglu
Hulya Simsek
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Hulya Simsek
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description Introduction: New diagnostic tools are being investigated for rapid and accurate TB detection. We aimed to find out the diagnostic yield and accuracy of chemokine CXCL12 (SDF-1a) levels in diagnosing active TB (aTB) and making a differential diagnosis from other several infectious/non-infectious pulmonary conditions. Methodology: We collected demographic, clinic features and studied plasma CXCL12 levels using ELISA kit of the participants, classified into five categories: aTB (n = 30); cured TB (cTB, n = 15); close contacts of aTB (CC, n = 15); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with active nonspecific pulmonary infection (infCOPD, n = 15); and healthy controls (HC, n = 15). Results: CXCL12 levels were highest in aTB, but no significant difference was seen between other groups. When a cut-off level for CXCL12 was determined as 2835 pg/mL, the increased CXCL12 rate was significantly more in aTB than CC and HC (p = 0.02, p = 0.05). Also, participants with an active infection (aTB and infCOPD) had significantly higher increased CXCL12 rates (p = 0.01). The sensitivity and specificity of CXCL12 for diagnosing aTB were found to be 0.56 and 0.63, respectively. We found that bacterial load, the radiological severity and the extent of chest x-ray involvement were independent factors for increased CXCL12 levels. Conclusions: Our study demonstrates that CXCL12 may be a representative of active pulmonary infection regardless of the cause but correlated with the severity of the disease; enabling this test to be used as a prognostic factor rather than a diagnostic test for aTB.
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spelling doaj-art-380e8b1ebac24616b71a9ce5c04ced862025-08-20T02:57:13ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802021-01-01150110.3855/jidc.12989The Diagnostic and prognostic value of CXCL12 (SDF-1α) level in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and diseaseIlkay Koca Kalkan0Ayse Gozu1Ebru Tansel2Serife Nilgun Kalac3Belgin Samurkasoglu4Hulya Simsek5Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Ataturk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Pulmonology, Ataturk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Pulmonology, Ataturk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Pulmonology, Ataturk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Pulmonology, Ataturk Chest Disease and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Yozgat Bozok University Faculty of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey Introduction: New diagnostic tools are being investigated for rapid and accurate TB detection. We aimed to find out the diagnostic yield and accuracy of chemokine CXCL12 (SDF-1a) levels in diagnosing active TB (aTB) and making a differential diagnosis from other several infectious/non-infectious pulmonary conditions. Methodology: We collected demographic, clinic features and studied plasma CXCL12 levels using ELISA kit of the participants, classified into five categories: aTB (n = 30); cured TB (cTB, n = 15); close contacts of aTB (CC, n = 15); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with active nonspecific pulmonary infection (infCOPD, n = 15); and healthy controls (HC, n = 15). Results: CXCL12 levels were highest in aTB, but no significant difference was seen between other groups. When a cut-off level for CXCL12 was determined as 2835 pg/mL, the increased CXCL12 rate was significantly more in aTB than CC and HC (p = 0.02, p = 0.05). Also, participants with an active infection (aTB and infCOPD) had significantly higher increased CXCL12 rates (p = 0.01). The sensitivity and specificity of CXCL12 for diagnosing aTB were found to be 0.56 and 0.63, respectively. We found that bacterial load, the radiological severity and the extent of chest x-ray involvement were independent factors for increased CXCL12 levels. Conclusions: Our study demonstrates that CXCL12 may be a representative of active pulmonary infection regardless of the cause but correlated with the severity of the disease; enabling this test to be used as a prognostic factor rather than a diagnostic test for aTB. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/12989CCXCL12COPDdiagnostic testinfectionprognostic testtuberculosis
spellingShingle Ilkay Koca Kalkan
Ayse Gozu
Ebru Tansel
Serife Nilgun Kalac
Belgin Samurkasoglu
Hulya Simsek
The Diagnostic and prognostic value of CXCL12 (SDF-1α) level in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
CCXCL12
COPD
diagnostic test
infection
prognostic test
tuberculosis
title The Diagnostic and prognostic value of CXCL12 (SDF-1α) level in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease
title_full The Diagnostic and prognostic value of CXCL12 (SDF-1α) level in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease
title_fullStr The Diagnostic and prognostic value of CXCL12 (SDF-1α) level in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease
title_full_unstemmed The Diagnostic and prognostic value of CXCL12 (SDF-1α) level in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease
title_short The Diagnostic and prognostic value of CXCL12 (SDF-1α) level in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease
title_sort diagnostic and prognostic value of cxcl12 sdf 1α level in mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease
topic CCXCL12
COPD
diagnostic test
infection
prognostic test
tuberculosis
url https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/12989
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