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Calprotectin in Cystic Fibrosis

BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that intestinal inflammation plays a major role in gastrointestinal symptoms in cystic fibrosis (CF). Fecal calprotectin is a marker that is elevated in several gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases, but little is known about its value in CF. We aimed to loo...

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Autores principales: Rumman, Nisreen, Sultan, Mutaz, El-Chammas, Khalil, Goh, Vi, Salzman, Nita, Quintero, Diana, Werlin, Steven
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4048584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-14-133
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author Rumman, Nisreen
Sultan, Mutaz
El-Chammas, Khalil
Goh, Vi
Salzman, Nita
Quintero, Diana
Werlin, Steven
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description BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that intestinal inflammation plays a major role in gastrointestinal symptoms in cystic fibrosis (CF). Fecal calprotectin is a marker that is elevated in several gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases, but little is known about its value in CF. We aimed to look for associations of elevated fecal calprotectin among CF patients and whether its level correlates with the clinical manifestations of CF. METHODS: A single stool specimen was collected from 62 patients with CF. Fecal calprotectin was measured using the commercially available ELISA kits (PhiCal(™) test). Clinical data were collected from patients’ records and CF registry. RESULTS: There were no significant differences between CF patients with normal and abnormal fecal calprotectin levels. However, patients who were not receiving inhaled antibiotics had higher fecal calprotectin levels than those who were. CONCLUSION: Elevated fecal calprotectin may not accurately predict intestinal inflammation in CF. However, the fact that it was elevated in both pancreatic sufficient and insufficient groups supports the concept of “cystic fibrosis enteropathy” regardless of the pancreatic status.
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spelling pubmed-40485842014-06-08 Calprotectin in Cystic Fibrosis Rumman, Nisreen Sultan, Mutaz El-Chammas, Khalil Goh, Vi Salzman, Nita Quintero, Diana Werlin, Steven BMC Pediatr Research Article BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that intestinal inflammation plays a major role in gastrointestinal symptoms in cystic fibrosis (CF). Fecal calprotectin is a marker that is elevated in several gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases, but little is known about its value in CF. We aimed to look for associations of elevated fecal calprotectin among CF patients and whether its level correlates with the clinical manifestations of CF. METHODS: A single stool specimen was collected from 62 patients with CF. Fecal calprotectin was measured using the commercially available ELISA kits (PhiCal(™) test). Clinical data were collected from patients’ records and CF registry. RESULTS: There were no significant differences between CF patients with normal and abnormal fecal calprotectin levels. However, patients who were not receiving inhaled antibiotics had higher fecal calprotectin levels than those who were. CONCLUSION: Elevated fecal calprotectin may not accurately predict intestinal inflammation in CF. However, the fact that it was elevated in both pancreatic sufficient and insufficient groups supports the concept of “cystic fibrosis enteropathy” regardless of the pancreatic status. BioMed Central 2014-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4048584/ /pubmed/24885444 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-14-133 Text en Copyright © 2014 Rumman et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4048584/
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