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Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry-based functional assay for rapid detection of resistance against ?-lactam antibiotics.

ABSTRACT: Resistance against ?-lactam antibiotics is a growing challenge for managing severe bacterial infections. The rapid and cost-efficient determination of ?-lactam resistance is an important prerequisite for the choice of an adequate antibiotic therapy. ?-Lactam resistance is based mainly on the expression/overexpression of ?-lactamases, which destroy the central ?-lactam ring of these drugs by hydrolysis. Hydrolysis corresponds to a mass shift of +18 Da, which can be easily detected by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Therefore, a MALDI-TOF MS-based assay was set up to investigate different enterobacteria for resistance against different ?-lactam antibiotics: ampicillin, piperacillin, cefotaxime, ceftazidime, ertapenem, imipenem, and meropenem. ?-Lactamases are enzymes that have a high turnover rate. Therefore, hydrolysis can be detected by MALDI-TOF MS already after a few hours of incubation of the bacteria to be tested with the given antibiotic. The comparison of the MS-derived data with the data from the routine procedure revealed identical classification of the bacteria according to sensitivity and resistance. The MALDI-TOF MS-based assay delivers the results on the same day. The approved routine procedures require at least an additional overnight incubation.

SUBMITTER: Sparbier K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3295133 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry-based functional assay for rapid detection of resistance against β-lactam antibiotics.

Sparbier Katrin K Schubert Sören S Weller Ulrich U Boogen Christiane C Kostrzewa Markus M

Journal of clinical microbiology 20120111 3

Resistance against β-lactam antibiotics is a growing challenge for managing severe bacterial infections. The rapid and cost-efficient determination of β-lactam resistance is an important prerequisite for the choice of an adequate antibiotic therapy. β-Lactam resistance is based mainly on the expression/overexpression of β-lactamases, which destroy the central β-lactam ring of these drugs by hydrolysis. Hydrolysis corresponds to a mass shift of +18 Da, which can be easily detected by matrix-assis ...[more]

PMID: 22205812

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Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry-based functional assay for rapid detection of resistance against ?-lactam antibiotics.

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Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry-based functional assay for rapid detection of resistance against β-lactam antibiotics.

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