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Abstract

Neutrophil Surface CD64 Stimulation Index Detection Assay in Diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection by Chunli Song, Huimin Deng, Yan Zhang, Tingting Huang, Juanyu Ke, Qingguo Sun, Lei Chen, Yiwen Zhou

Background: This study aimed to develop a method for assessing the sensitivity and diagnostic performance of the neutrophil surface CD64 stimulation index (SI) in tuberculosis infection.
Methods: A total of 149 samples were divided into three groups (tuberculosis group, n = 51; nontuberculosis infection group, n = 50; and healthy control group, n = 48). Flow cytometry was used to detect the sensitivity of CD64 SI on the surface of neutrophils. The sensitivities of CD64 SI before and after stimulation with ESAT-6 and CFP-10 antigens were compared using interferon-gamma release assay-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (IGRA-ELISA).
Results: The diagnostic threshold for CD64 SI based on the receiver operating characteristic curve was found to be 2.025, which is the standard for judging tuberculosis infection. The IGRA-ELISA and the CD64 SI assays were highly consistent with a kappa value of 0.635 (p < 0.003, 95% CI: 0.002 - 0.003).
Conclusions: The neutrophil surface CD64 SI value detection method may serve as one of the new diagnostic methods for active Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2020.200214