%0 Journal Article
%T Torquetenovirus from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid as a biomarker for lung infection among immunocompromised hosts.
%A Zhu Z
%A Wang Y
%A Ning W
%A Liu C
%A Chen C
%J Biomark Med
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%N 0
%D 2024 Jul 9
%M 38982729
%F 2.498
%R 10.1080/17520363.2024.2366148
%X Aim: Torquetenovirus (TTV) was a promising biomarker for immunity, while lung regional TTV for evaluating the opportunistic infection among immunocompromised hosts (ICH) was unclear. Materials & methods: In the ICH and non-ICH populations, we compared the susceptibility to opportunistic infections, clinical severity and the prognosis between subgroups, respectively. Results: ICH with detectable bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF)-TTV were more susceptible to lung aspergillosis and Mycobacterium infections. Furthermore, our data demonstrated that the ICH cohort with detectable BALF-TTV represented a higher clinical severity and a worse prognosis, while the above findings were not found in the non-ICH population. Conclusion: Our findings demonstrated that the BALF-TTV could act as an effective predictor for opportunistic infection for ICH that complemented the CD4+ T cell counts.<BR>[Box: see text].