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  1. Article ; Online: Low albumin level is more strongly associated with adverse outcomes and Staphylococcus aureus infection than hemoglobin A1C or smoking tobacco.

    Campbell, Michael P / Mott, Makinzie D / Owen, John R / Reznicek, Julie E / Beck, Christopher A / Muthukrishnan, Gowrishankar / Golladay, Gregory J / Kates, Stephen L

    Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society

    2022  Volume 40, Issue 11, Page(s) 2670–2677

    Abstract: Postsurgical deep musculoskeletal infections are a major clinical problem in Orthopaedic Surgery. A serum-based nomogram, which can objectively risk-stratify patients, and aid surgeons in delineating infection risk associated with orthopedic surgical ... ...

    Abstract Postsurgical deep musculoskeletal infections are a major clinical problem in Orthopaedic Surgery. A serum-based nomogram, which can objectively risk-stratify patients, and aid surgeons in delineating infection risk associated with orthopedic surgical interventions, would be immensely helpful. Here, we constructed a multi-parametric nomogram based on serum anti-Staphylococcus aureus antibody responses, patient characteristics including demographics and standard clinical tests. This nomogram was formally tested in a prospective cohort study comparing 303 hospitalized patients with culture-confirmed S. aureus infection compared with a cohort of 223 healthy screened preoperative patients. Serum anti-S. aureus antibody responses, standard of care clinical tests, and patient demographic data were utilized to perform multivariate logistic regression analysis to quantify the presence of infection and adverse outcome using odds ratios (OR) and to assess predictive ability via area under the ROC curve (AUC). At enrollment, high anti-S. aureus IgG titers were predictive of infection. Remarkably, low serum albumin was found to be significantly associated with infection (OR = 479.963, 95% CI 61.59 - 3740.33, p < 0.0001) and this finding was surprisingly higher than BMI or HbA1c-associations. Combining all risk factors in the nomogram yielded a diagnostic AUC of 0.949 for predicting S. aureus infection. Our results indicate that a serum-based multi-parametric nomogram can be useful in diagnosing S. aureus infections, and importantly, malnourishment is significantly associated with these infections.
    MeSH term(s) Glycated Hemoglobin ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; Prospective Studies ; Serum Albumin ; Smoking ; Staphylococcal Infections ; Nicotiana
    Chemical Substances Glycated Hemoglobin A ; Immunoglobulin G ; Serum Albumin
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-02-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 605542-4
    ISSN 1554-527X ; 0736-0266
    ISSN (online) 1554-527X
    ISSN 0736-0266
    DOI 10.1002/jor.25282
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  2. Article ; Online: Clinical problem-solving. Avoiding a rash diagnosis.

    Reznicek, Julie E / Mason, William J / Kaul, Daniel R / Saint, Sanjay / Bloch, Karen C

    The New England journal of medicine

    2011  Volume 364, Issue 5, Page(s) 466–471

    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Antibodies, Bacterial/blood ; Confusion/etiology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Exanthema/etiology ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G/blood ; Lethargy/etiology ; Male ; Meningoencephalitis/microbiology ; Rickettsia rickettsii/immunology ; Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/complications ; Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/diagnosis
    Chemical Substances Antibodies, Bacterial ; Immunoglobulin G
    Language English
    Publishing date 2011-02-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 207154-x
    ISSN 1533-4406 ; 0028-4793
    ISSN (online) 1533-4406
    ISSN 0028-4793
    DOI 10.1056/NEJMcps0906691
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