Objective:To investigate the relationship between Epstein-Barr virus(EBV)-deoxyribonu-cleic acid(DNA)load and liver function damage in children with infectious mononucleosis(IM).Methods:Totally 126 IM children who were diagnosed in department of pediatrics of our hospital from February 2016 to March 2023 were included as the IM group,and 50 healthy children during the same period as the control group.The liver function indexes such as alanine aminotransferase(ALT),aspartate aminotransferase(AST),and total bilirubin(TBIL)were compared between the control group and the IM group.Children in the IM group were divided into liver damage subgroup(76 cases)and non-liver damage subgroup(50 cases)according to the presence or absence of liver function damage,and the levels of liver function indexes were compared.The correlation between EBV-DNA load and liver function damage was assessed by Spearman rank correlation analysis,and receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curve was drawn to analyze the predictive a-bility of EBV-DNA load and liver function damage.Results:The levels of ALT,AST,and TBIL in the IM group were significantly increased,and which were significantly higher than those in the control group(P<0.05).The levels of ALT,AST and TBIL and EBV-DNA load were significantly higher in the liver damage sub-group compared to the non-liver damage subgroup(P<0.05).Spearman rank correlation analysis showed that EBV-DNA load was positively correlated with ALT,AST,and TBIL(r=0.652,0.628,0.634,respective-ly;all P<0.05).Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that increased ALT,AST,TBIL and EBV-DNA load were influencing factors for liver function damage.ROC curve analysis results revealed that the area under the curve(AUC)of EBV-DNA load,ALT,AST,and TBIL alone in predicting liver function damage was 0.868,0.830,0.821 and 0.681,respectively,and while the AUC of combined prediction was 0.962,with the sensitivity of 0.908 and the specificity of 0.920.Conclusion:EBV-DNA load is closely related to the degree of liver function damage in IM children,and the risk of liver function damage is higher in the high load group,suggesting that the liver function indexes should be closely monitored in clinical management to relieve the risk of liver damage.
关键词
传染性单核细胞增多症/EB病毒/脱氧核糖核酸载量/肝功能损害
Key words
Infectious mononucleosis/EB virus/Deoxyribonucleic acid load/Liver function damage