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Clinical experience of urine D-arabinitol/L-arabinitol ratio in the early diagnosis of invasive candidiasis in paediatric high risk populations

Sigmundsdottir, Gudrun LU ; Larsson, Lennart LU ; Wiebe, Thomas LU ; Björklund, Lars LU and Christensson, Bertil LU (2007) In Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 39(2). p.146-151
Abstract
In 2 prospective studies, we previously reported on the early and accurate diagnosis of invasive candidiasis by determining the D-arabinitol/L-arabinitol (DA/LA) ratio in urine in neutropenic children with cancer at the paediatric oncology unit (POU) and in premature infants at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at our hospital. In this retrospective study at the same units, we report how the DA/LA assay was implemented in clinical practice immediately after the prospective study periods. We found that, in the POU, the recommendation of regularly monitoring urine DA/LA ratios in patients at risk and considering antifungal therapy in the case of elevated ratios had been followed. A significant decrease in the incidence of culture... (More)
In 2 prospective studies, we previously reported on the early and accurate diagnosis of invasive candidiasis by determining the D-arabinitol/L-arabinitol (DA/LA) ratio in urine in neutropenic children with cancer at the paediatric oncology unit (POU) and in premature infants at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at our hospital. In this retrospective study at the same units, we report how the DA/LA assay was implemented in clinical practice immediately after the prospective study periods. We found that, in the POU, the recommendation of regularly monitoring urine DA/LA ratios in patients at risk and considering antifungal therapy in the case of elevated ratios had been followed. A significant decrease in the incidence of culture positive invasive candidiasis may have been attributed to the introduction of the DA/LA assay. At the NICU, where the DA/LA assay was recommended only as an adjunct to other diagnostic tools, morbidity in invasive candidiasis remained unchanged. While regular monitoring of the urine DA/LA ratio probably facilitates the early detection of invasive candidiasis in paediatric oncology, it remains to be determined if the test can be used in a similar way in neonatal intensive care. (Less)
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10.1080/00365540600951267
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Paediatrics (Lund) (013002000), Division of Medical Microbiology (013250400), Division of Infection Medicine (SUS) (013008000)
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  abstract     = {{In 2 prospective studies, we previously reported on the early and accurate diagnosis of invasive candidiasis by determining the D-arabinitol/L-arabinitol (DA/LA) ratio in urine in neutropenic children with cancer at the paediatric oncology unit (POU) and in premature infants at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at our hospital. In this retrospective study at the same units, we report how the DA/LA assay was implemented in clinical practice immediately after the prospective study periods. We found that, in the POU, the recommendation of regularly monitoring urine DA/LA ratios in patients at risk and considering antifungal therapy in the case of elevated ratios had been followed. A significant decrease in the incidence of culture positive invasive candidiasis may have been attributed to the introduction of the DA/LA assay. At the NICU, where the DA/LA assay was recommended only as an adjunct to other diagnostic tools, morbidity in invasive candidiasis remained unchanged. While regular monitoring of the urine DA/LA ratio probably facilitates the early detection of invasive candidiasis in paediatric oncology, it remains to be determined if the test can be used in a similar way in neonatal intensive care.}},
  author       = {{Sigmundsdottir, Gudrun and Larsson, Lennart and Wiebe, Thomas and Björklund, Lars and Christensson, Bertil}},
  issn         = {{1651-1980}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{146--151}},
  publisher    = {{Informa Healthcare}},
  series       = {{Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases}},
  title        = {{Clinical experience of urine D-arabinitol/L-arabinitol ratio in the early diagnosis of invasive candidiasis in paediatric high risk populations}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00365540600951267}},
  doi          = {{10.1080/00365540600951267}},
  volume       = {{39}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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