Evaluation of a new chromogenic medium, chromID OXA-48, for recovery of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae from patients at a university hospital in Turkey

Zarakolu, Pinar, Day, Kathryn, Sidjabat, Hanna, Kamolvit, Witchuda, Lanyon, Clare, Cummings, Stephen, Paterson, David, Akova, Murat and Perry, John (2015) Evaluation of a new chromogenic medium, chromID OXA-48, for recovery of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae from patients at a university hospital in Turkey. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 34 (3). pp. 519-525. ISSN 0934-9723

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new chromogenic medium, chromID OXA-48, for the isolation of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) directly from rectal swabs. chromID CARBA and chromID OXA-48 are two chromogenic media that have been commercialized for the isolation of CPE directly from clinical samples. Both media were evaluated alongside a broth enrichment method recommended by the CDC for isolation of CPE, with rectal swabs from 302 unique hospitalized patients at the Hacettepe University Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. A total of 33 patients (11 %) were found to be colonized with CPE using a combination of all methods, and all CPE produced OXA-48 carbapenemase. Klebsiella pneumoniae was by far the most dominant species of CPE and was isolated from 31 patients. Culture on chromID OXA-48 offered the highest sensitivity (75.8 %) for detection of CPE compared with the other two methods (sensitivity for both other methods was 57.6 %) and also offered the highest specificity (99.3 %). However, a combination of methods (either chromID OXA-48 plus CDC method or chromID OXA-48 plus chromID CARBA) was necessary to achieve an acceptable sensitivity (90.9 %). For isolation of CPE, in a setting where OXA-48 carbapenemase is the dominant type of carbapenemase, chromID OXA-48 is a highly useful medium but using a combination of methods is optimal for adequate detection. The combined use of two chromogenic media offered acceptable sensitivity (90.9 %) and the highest specificity (98.5 %) and also allowed for isolation of CPE within 18–20 h.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: C500 Microbiology
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences
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Date Deposited: 17 Nov 2014 13:32
Last Modified: 12 Oct 2019 18:29
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/17827

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