• J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. · Oct 2012

    Soluble CD14 subtype (sCD14-ST) presepsin in critically ill preterm newborns: preliminary reference ranges.

    • Michele Mussap, Elisabetta Puxeddu, Patrizia Burrai, Antonio Noto, Francesco Cibecchini, Marcella Testa, Melania Puddu, Giovanni Ottonello, Angelica Dessì, Roberta Irmesi, Elisabetta Dalla Gassa, Claudia Fanni, and Vassilios Fanos.
    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, IRCCS University-Hospital San Martino-IST, National Institute for Cancer Research, Largo Rosanna Benzi 11, Genoa, Italy. michele.mussap@hsanmartino.it
    • J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. 2012 Oct 1;25(Suppl 5):51-3.

    AbstractSoluble CD14 subtype (sCD14-ST), also named presepsin, is a 13 kDa truncated form of soluble CD14 (sCD14), consisting of 64 amino acid residues. Systemic inflammation and sepsis are characterized by an early, significant increase in sCD14-ST presepsin blood concentration and thus, this small polypeptide has been proposed as a novel, reliable biomarker for the management of sepsis. We enrolled twenty-six consecutive non-septic preterm newborns with gestational age (GA) between 26 and 36 weeks) admitted to NICU after the first day of life for various severe diseases. sCD14-ST presepsin was measure on whole blood samples by a rapid commercial available chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (CLEIA) based on a non-competitive CLEIA. The mean sCD14-ST presepsin blood level in 26 preterm newborns was 643.1 ng/L, with a standard deviation (SD) of 303.8 ng/L; the median value was 578 ng/L. Our results clearly suggest no correlation between GA and sCD14-ST presepsin blood level between 26 and 36 weeks and thus it is reasonable to adopt a unique reference range for preterm newborns.

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