Plasma level of interleukin-18 and complicated course of febrile neutropenia in hematological patients after intensive chemotherapy

Sini Korpelainen, Sari Hämäläinen, Matti Vänskä, Irma Koivula, Kari Pulkki, Esa Jantunen, Auni Juutilainen, Anna Kaisa Purhonen

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    Abstract

    In search of a biomarker for complicated course of febrile neutropenia (FN), plasma IL-18 was measured in 92 hematological patients after intensive chemotherapy at the beginning of FN (days 0–3). Complicated course was defined as blood culture positivity or septic shock. IL-18 varied according to background hematological malignancy and showed an inverse correlation with leukocyte count. IL-18 was not associated with complicated course of FN, defined as blood culture positivity or septic shock, in the whole study group, but an association was observed on d1 and d2 after the onset of FN in the subgroup of autologous stem cell transplant recipients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number155021
    JournalCYTOKINE
    Volume129
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2020
    Publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Keywords

    • Acute myeloid leukemia
    • Febrile neutropenia
    • Interleukin-18
    • Multiple myeloma
    • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

    Publication forum classification

    • Publication forum level 1

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Immunology and Allergy
    • Immunology
    • Biochemistry
    • Hematology
    • Molecular Biology

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