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Unité de Recherche Clinique Henri Mondor

Combined Plasma Elevation of CRP, Intestinal-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (I-FABP), and sCD14 Identify Older Patients at High Risk for Health Care-Associated Infections.

Paillaud E, Bastuji-Garin S, Plonquet A, Foucat E, Fournier B, Boutin E, Le Thuaut A, Levy Y, Hue S J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2018;73(2):211-217.

<p><b>BACKGROUND: </b>We hypothesized that low-grade inflammation was driven by microbial translocation and associated with an increased risk of health care-associated infections (HAIs).</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>We included 121 patients aged 75 years or over in this prospective cohort study. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), I-FABP, and sCD14-as markers for low-grade inflammation, intestinal epithelial barrier integrity, and monocyte activation, respectively-were measured at admission.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>HAIs occurred during hospitalization in 62 (51%) patients. Elevated hs-CRP (≥6.02 mg/L, ie, the median) was associated with a significantly higher HAI risk when I-FABP was in the highest quartile (odds ratio [OR], 4; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.39-11.49; p = .010). In patients with hs-CRP elevation and highest-quartile I-FABP, sCD14 elevation (≥0.65 µg/mL, ie, the median) was associated with an 11-fold higher HAI risk (OR, 10.8; 95% CI, 2.28-51.1; p = .003). Multivariate analyses adjusted for invasive procedures and comorbidities did not change the associations linking the three markers to the HAI risk.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>Increased levels of hs-CRP, I-FABP, and sCD14 may reflect loss of intestinal epithelial barrier integrity with microbial translocation leading to monocyte activation and low-grade inflammation. In our cohort, these markers identified patients at high risk for HAIs.</p>

MeSH terms: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biomarkers; C-Reactive Protein; Cross Infection; Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; Female; Humans; Inflammation; Lipopolysaccharide Receptors; Male; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glx106