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Comparison of Four Commercial Screening Assays for the Detection of blaKPC, blaNDM, blaIMP, blaVIM, and blaOXA48 in Rectal Secretion Collected by Swabs.


ABSTRACT: The spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) has been enabled by the lack of control measures directed at carriers of multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings. Screening patients for asymptomatic colonization on the one hand, and implementation of contact precautions on the other hand, reduces patient-to-patient transmission. Screening plates represents a relatively low-cost method for isolating CRE from rectal swabs; however, molecular assays have become widely available. This study compared the performance of four commercial molecular platforms in detecting clinically significant carbapenemase genes versus routine screening for CRE. A total of 1015 non-duplicated rectal swabs were cultured on a chromogenic carbapenem-resistant selective medium. All growing Enterobacteriaceae strains were tested for carbapenemase-related genes. The same specimens were processed using the following molecular assays: Allplex™ Entero-DR, Amplidiag® CarbaR + MCR, AusDiagnostics MT CRE EU, and EasyScreen™ ESBL/CPO. The prevalence of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Enterobacteriaceae detected by swab culture was 2.2%, while organisms producing oxacillinase (OXA)-48 and metallo-?-lactamases were infrequent. The cost of CRE-related infection control precautions, which must be kept in place while waiting for screening results, are significant, so the molecular tests could become cost-competitive, especially when the turnaround time is decreased dramatically. Molecular assays represent a powerful diagnostic tool as they allow the rapid detection of the most clinically relevant carbapenemases.

SUBMITTER: Del Bianco F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6956118 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Comparison of Four Commercial Screening Assays for the Detection of bla<sub>KPC</sub>, bla<sub>NDM</sub>, bla<sub>IMP</sub>, bla<sub>VIM,</sub> and bla<sub>OXA48</sub> in Rectal Secretion Collected by Swabs.

Del Bianco Francesca F   Morotti Manuela M   Zannoli Silvia S   Dirani Giorgio G   Fantini Michela M   Pedna Maria Federica MF   Farabegoli Patrizia P   Sambri Vittorio V  

Microorganisms 20191216 12


The spread of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) has been enabled by the lack of control measures directed at carriers of multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings. Screening patients for asymptomatic colonization on the one hand, and implementation of contact precautions on the other hand, reduces patient-to-patient transmission. Screening plates represents a relatively low-cost method for isolating CRE from rectal swabs; however, molecular assays have become widely availa  ...[more]

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