[Clinical assessment of novel ChromID ESBL agar plates for detection of ESBL producers in the family Enterobacteriaceae].
Extended-Spectrum beta-Lactamase (ESBL)-producers in the family Enterobacteriaceae are recognized worldwide as nosocomial pathogens, however it is difficult to screen them in the routine laboratory processing. ChromID ESBL agar newly developed for screening ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae was released in Japan in April, 2007. We evaluated the clinical assessment of ChromID ESBL agar in routine microbiology laboratory. The 47 strains investigated were clinical isolates belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae with the MICs of cefpodoxime greater than 2 mug/ml. The 27 ESBL-producers examined were comprising of 19 Escherichia coli, 3 Klebsiella oxytoca, 1 Citrobacter freundii, 3 Enterobacter cloacae, and 1 S. marcescens (ESBL group) and 20 ESBL non-producers consiating of 5 K. oxytoca, 1 Proteus mirabilis, 1 P. vlugaris, 2 Serratia marcescens, 8 C. freundii, 2 Enterobacter cloacae, and 1 E. aerogenes (non-ESBL group). Characterization of beta-lactamase genes was carried out by use of polymerase chain reaction. As the results, the sensitivity and the specificity of ChromID ESBL agar plates after incubation for 18 hours was 100% and 20%, respectively. It should be noted that the values of specificity was extremely low compared with those of the sensitivity. These findings clearly suggested that in cases of utilizing ChromID ESBL agar plates, it should be important to consider its characteristic properties, as even the ESBL-non-producers could grow on these media only when they were resistant to CPDX.
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University Hospital, and Department of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Shinshu University School of Medicine. erika@shinshu-u.ac.jp
Eriko
E
Kasuga
Takehisa
T
Matsumoto
Eiko
E
Hidaka
Harumi
H
Oguchi
Shinichiro
S
Kanai
Kozue
K
Oana
Kazuyoshi
K
Yamauchi
Takayuki
T
Honda
Yoshiyuki
Y
Kawakami
D000362:Agar; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003470:Culture Media; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000096:biosynthesis*
D003470:Culture Media; D000362:Agar; D001618:beta-Lactamases