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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
卷 69, 期 11, 页码 1025-1032出版社
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2015-203436
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ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; BLOOD CULTURE; MICROBIOLOGY; BACTERAEMIA
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Aims In an era when clinical microbiology laboratories are under increasing financial pressure, there is a need for inexpensive, yet effective, rapid microbiology tests. The aim of this study was to evaluate a novel modification of standard methodology for the identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of pathogens in positive blood cultures, reducing the turnaround time of laboratory results by 24h. Methods 277 positive blood cultures had a Gram stain performed and were subcultured and incubated at 37 degrees C in a CO2 atmosphere for 4-6h. Identification of the visible growth was performed using matrix-assisted laser desorption time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Taking a modified approach to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute-standardised AST methodology, an inoculum density of 0.5 McFarland was prepared from the early growth for disc diffusion testing. The standard AST method was also performed on the 18-24h culture. Results 96% (n=73/76) of gram-negative organisms were correctly identified by MALDI-TOF MS. Comparative analysis of the rapid and standard AST results showed an overall interpretive category error rate of 7.7% (6.7% minor errors, 0.6% major errors and 0.4% very major errors). 100% of Staphylococcus aureus (n=41) and enterococcus isolates (n=9) were correctly identified after 4-6h incubation. The overall AST categorical agreement was also 100% for these isolates. Conclusions An incubation of 4-6h directly from positive blood cultures allowed for both a rapid species identification and an antimicrobial susceptibility result approximately 24h earlier than is possible using standard methodology.
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