Molecular Analysis With 16S rRNA PCR/Sanger Sequencing and Molecular Antibiogram Performed on DNA Extracted From Valve Improve Diagnosis and Targeted Therapy of Infective Endocarditis : A Prospective Study

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BACKGROUND: Molecular analysis (MA) on heart valve (HV) improves the microbiologic diagnosis of infectious endocarditis (IE). The main drawback of MA is the lack of antimicrobial susceptibility information.

METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort observational study of consecutive adult patients from April 2012 to May 2021 who underwent valve surgery at our hospital. The performance of MA, blood cultures (BC) and valve cultures (VC), and the diagnostic and therapeutic impact of MA were evaluated. Molecular antibiogram results were compared to culture-based antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST).

RESULTS: A total of 137 patients with definite IE and 52 patients with no IE were enrolled in the study. Among IE cases BC, VC, and MA were positive in 75 (55%), 30 (22%), and 120 (88%) of IE cases, respectively. Among 62 cases of BC-negative IE (BCNE), 57 achieved diagnosis with MA. MA led to a change of antimicrobial therapy in 92% of BCNE. MA was negative in 100% of patients with no IE. Molecular antibiogram performed on 17 valve specimens that resulted positive for pathogens potential carrier of genes encoding for multidrug resistant mechanisms showed 100% concordance with AST.

CONCLUSIONS: MA showed a high specificity and sensitivity in etiological diagnosis of IE. Molecular antibiogram could overcome the major limitation of MA that is the lack of susceptibility testing. We advocate for the inclusion of MA among diagnostic criteria for IE and for a more extensive use of molecular antibiogram when the culture result is negative, and MA is the only positive test.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:76

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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 76(2023), 3 vom: 08. Feb., Seite e1484-e1491

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mularoni, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Mikulska, Malgorzata [VerfasserIn]
Barbera, Floriana [VerfasserIn]
Graziano, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Medaglia, Alice Annalisa [VerfasserIn]
Di Carlo, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Monaco, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Bellavia, Diego [VerfasserIn]
Cascio, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Raffa, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Sciacca, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Luca, Angelo [VerfasserIn]
Pilato, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Conaldi, Pier Giulio [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

16S and 18S rRNA
9007-49-2
Anti-Infective Agents
Blood culture negative endocarditis
DNA
Infective endocarditis
Journal Article
Molecular analysis
Molecular antibiogram
Observational Study
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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Date Completed 10.02.2023

Date Revised 20.02.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciac452

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342080164