Direct microorganism species identification and antimicrobial susceptibility tests from positive blood culture bottles using rapid Sepsityper Kit

Author(s):  
Noriyuki Watanabe ◽  
Sachie Koyama ◽  
Yoshitada Taji ◽  
Kotaro Mitsutake ◽  
Yasuhiro Ebihara
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Matsui ◽  
Hideki Niimi ◽  
Yuichi Uchiho ◽  
Shunsuke Kawabe ◽  
Hideyuki Noda ◽  
...  

Abstract Administering appropriate antimicrobial therapy as early as possible is important for rescuing bacteremic patients. Therefore, rapid antimicrobial susceptibility tests in positive blood culture specimens have been diligently sought. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence-based methods have been used for rapid antimicrobial susceptibility tests. However, blood culture specimens have not been examined in many studies, possibly due to abundant intracellular ATP in blood corpuscles resulting in false-susceptible results. In this study, we developed a rapid ATP bioluminescence-based method for detecting antibiotic resistance starting from positive blood culture. To minimize background ATP originating from blood corpuscles, specimens were centrifuged and the supernatant diluted with broth, and an ATP-eliminating reagent was then added to the bacterial suspension at the beginning of incubation. This newly devised procedure reduced the background ATP by more than five orders of magnitude. In a pilot study using levofloxacin, no false-susceptible results were observed in 15 clinical specimens. Furthermore, the results indicated that the rapid method provided additional information about bacterial activities with high resolution, in contrast to the less-thorough findings with the conventional turbidity method. Therefore, our approach will contribute to the treatment of infectious diseases as a rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test.


Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1514
Author(s):  
Ya-Wen Tsai ◽  
Ting-Chia Lin ◽  
Hsiu-Yin Chou ◽  
Huei-Ya Hung ◽  
Che-Kim Tan ◽  
...  

The current processes used in clinical microbiology laboratories take ~24 h for incubation to identify the bacteria after the blood culture has been confirmed as positive and fa further ~24 h to report the results of antimicrobial susceptibility tests (ASTs). Patients with suspected bloodstream infection are treated with empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics but delayed targeted antimicrobial therapy. This study aimed to develop a method with a significantly shortened turnaround time for clinical application by identifying the optimal incubation period of a subculture. A total of 188 positive blood culture samples obtained from Nov. 2019 to Aug. 2020 were included. Compared to the conventional 24-h incubation for bacterial identification, our approach achieved 96.1% and 97.4% identification accuracy after shortening the incubation time to 4.5 and 3.5 h for gram-positive (GP) and gram-negative (GN) bacterial samples, respectively. Samples from short-term incubation without any intermediate step or process were directly subjected to analysis with the Phoenix M50 AST. Compared to the conventional disk diffusion AST, the category agreements for GP (excluding Streptococcus spp.), Streptococcus spp., and GN bacterial samples were 91.8%, 97.5%, and 92.7%, respectively. Our approach significantly reduced the average turnaround time from 48 h to 28 h for reporting bacterial identity and decreased average AST from 72 h to 50.3 h compared to the conventional methods. Accordingly, this approach allows a physician to prescribe the appropriate antibiotic(s) ~21.7 h earlier, thereby improving patient outcomes.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Legesse Garedew ◽  
Semaria Solomon ◽  
Yoseph Worku ◽  
Hilina Worku ◽  
Debela Gemeda ◽  
...  

Background. Diagnosis using reliable tools and treatment followingin vitroantimicrobial susceptibility tests are critical to proper addressing of antibiotic-resistantSalmonellainfection.Methodology. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the practice of diagnosis and treatment of salmonellosis in Addis Ababa. Tube Widal test (for blood samples only), culture, biochemical and carbohydrate fermentation, serotyping, and antimicrobial susceptibility tests were employed for both blood and stool samples.Results. Of all the diseases listed in the diagnosis, nontyphoidal (n=72, 13.71%) and typhoidal (n=47, 8.95%) salmonellosis were the second and third common diseases. Among the 288 blood samples, almost half were positive for O, H, or both antigens. However, only 1 (0.68%) of the positive blood samples yieldedSalmonellaisolate during culture. The study demonstrated low specificity (0.68%) and positive predictive value (48.78%) of Widal test. Conversely, the test showed 100% sensitivity and negative predictive values.Salmonellaisolates were identified from 7 (7.07%) of 99 stool samples. Two-thirds of salmonellosis suspected patients received antibiotic treatment. However, only half of the confirmed salmonellosis patients were treated with appropriate antibiotics. All of the isolates were susceptible to ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone but resistant to ampicillin.Conclusions. Majority of the patients who participated in this study were wrongly diagnosed using symptoms, clinical signs, and tube Widal test. Consequently, most of the patients received inappropriate treatment.


1976 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-144
Author(s):  
M L Bissett

This paper reports on the serological and biochemical characteristics of 24 human isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica submitted to the California Department of Health from 1968 through 1975. Nine different serotypes were represented. The majority of strains were serotype O:8 (six strains) and serotype O:5 (five strains). Sources of the isolates included feces (12 cases), blood (3), sputum or throat (3), bile or bowel drainage (2), wounds (2), breast abscess (1), and skin abscess (1). Clinical histories indicated a number of different syndromes. Underlying medical conditions existed in 13 cases. Results of selected biochemical tests and antimicrobial susceptibility tests on the strains indicated grouping compatible with the O serotypes of the organisms.


Author(s):  
Falah Hasan Obayes AL-Khikani

Around the world, there is no population clear from urinary tract infection (UTI), particularly among women. UTI is considered the most predominant bacterial infection. This study aimed to detect the incidence of the most common major uropathogens in patients severe from urinary tract infection with antibiotic sensitivity tests that assist urologist doctors for appropriate antimicrobial empirical therapy.Methods: This study was carried in a private laboratory in Babil city, Iraq from May 2019 to May 2020. Totally 70 individuals suffering from clear symptoms of UTI, as well as, 20 healthy persons participated in this study as a control group. Then, the standard microbiological methods carried out to isolate and identify bacterial species. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests were performed using different antimicrobial discs by applying the Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion method.Results: Totally, 90 specimens were obtained from them 20 control group, 19 with no growth, and 51 patients with bacterial growth distributed as 43 (83%) females and 8 (17%) males. E. coli were the most common predominant organisms. All isolates were showed a high rate of resistance to evaluated cephalosporins 100% and 82% to cefotaxime and ceftriaxone respectively, while very low resistance recorded in Aminoglycosides 20% and 13% to Gentamicin and amikacin respectively. Most age group infected with UTI was 21-40 years old.Conclusion: The current study showed an increasing burden of urinary tract infection caused by various bacteria implicated in UTI that causes changeable sensitivity to various antimicrobial agents. Therefore, in clinical use appropriate medications should be selected based on the data obtained from antimicrobial susceptibility tests.


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