Evaluating the accuracy of the MBT Lipid Xtract Kit for assessing colistin resistance in comparison to broth microdilution.
J Med Microbiol
; 73(9)2024 Sep.
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ABSTRACT
Colistin resistance testing methods such as broth microdilution (BMD) are time-consuming and labour intensive for clinical laboratories. MBT Lipid Xtract Kit on MALDI Biotyper Sirius System (Bruker, Billerica, MA, USA) utilizes lipidomic analysis to identify specific cell wall modifications associated with colistin resistance. We compared MBT to BMD (ComASP Colistin, Liofilchem) across 36 Gram-negative isolates (non-resistant MIC ≤2 µg ml-1, resistant MIC ≥4 µg ml-1). All samples were tested twice on MBT with discrepant results repeated before assessing categorical agreement between MBT and BMD. 44.4% (16/36) of isolates were colistin resistant via BMD. MBT Lipid Xtract had 80.6% agreement (29/36) with BMD, with 5/7 discrepancies corrected to match upon repeat testing. There was 100% agreement for Escherichia coli isolates (n=16). The whole-genome sequencing was completed on the two discrepant Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates, with variants within colistin resistance-associated loci identified (MIC 0.5 µg ml-1 arnC S30T, pmrB T246A, lapB N212T, lpxM S253G, crrB Q287K and MIC >16 µg ml-1 arnC S30T, pmrB R90insRN, pmrB T246A, pmrA E57G, lpxM S253G). Further evaluation, particularly for non-E. coli, of MBT is required prior to implementation in clinical laboratories.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana
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Colistina
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Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana
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Antibacterianos
Límite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
J Med Microbiol
Año:
2024
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Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido