Diagnostic Role of Presepsin in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Bacterial Infection | ||||
| Zagazig University Medical Journal | ||||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 14 October 2023 | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/zumj.2023.241525.2944 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Ahmed Abdelhakim Abdelmaksoud  1; Talaat Fathy2; Heba F. Pasha 3; Maysaa A. Saeed4
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| 1M.B; B.Ch.; Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University | ||||
| 2Zagazyg Uneversity, Faculty of Medicine | ||||
| 3Professor of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University | ||||
| 4Professor of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Presepsin is secreted in response to bacterial phagocytosis, and it has been found that people with liver cirrhosis are at a higher risk of developing bacterial infections. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic role of presepsin in Patients with liver cirrhosis and bacterial infection. Methods: Our case-control study included 96 cases with liver cirrhosis, divided into 2 groups according to the results of culture and sensitivity. Group I involved 48 patients with liver cirrhosis (child B or C) with a bacterial infection. Group II: involved 48 cases with liver cirrhosis (child B or C) without bacterial infection. Estimation of serum presepsin level was done for all participants. Results: The C reactive protein (CRP), serum procalcitonin, and presepsin (Log PSP) were significantly higher among cirrhotic patients cases with bacterial infection with p-value <0.001 for each when compared to cirrhotic patients without bacterial infection, significant positive correlations were found between Log(PSP) and both CRP and serum procalcitonin (p=0.004, 0.003 respectively). At a cut-off value of <3.1 log PSP could diagnose bacterial infection with the area under the curve 0.698, with specificity of 63.3%, sensitivity of 54.2%, positive predictive value (PPV) 66.5%, negative predictive value (NPV) 64.5% and overall accuracy 68.8%. The combination of CRP and Log PSP had the best diagnostic value with sensitivity of 95.8%, specificity 93.7%, PPV 93.9%, and NPV 95.7%. Conclusions: Presepsin can play a role in diagnosing bacterial infection in patients with liver cirrhosis. Presepsin and CRP increased the diagnostic accuracy of bacterial infection in cirrhotic patients. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Presepsin; Liver Cirrhosis; Bacterial Infection | ||||
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