Evaluation of a Lateral Flow Immunoassay for Rapid Detection of CTX-M Producers from Blood Cultures

Bacteremia caused by extended-spectrum β-lactamases-producing Enterobacterales has increased rapidly and is mainly attributed to CTX-M enzymes. This study aimed to evaluate the NG-Test® CTX-M MULTI lateral flow assay (CTX-M LFA) for rapid detection of CTX-M producers in blood cultures (BCs) positive for Gram-negative bacilli in spiked and clinical BCs. Retrospective testing was performed on BC bottles spiked with a collection of well-characterized Enterobacterales isolates producing CTX-M (n = 15) and CTX-M-like (n = 27) β-lactamases. Prospective testing of clinical, non-duplicate BCs (n = 350) was performed in two hospital microbiology laboratories from April 2021 to March 2022 following detection of Gram-negative bacilli by microscopic examination. Results were compared against molecular testing as the reference. In the spiked BCs, the CTX-M LFA correctly detected all CTX-M producers including 5 isolates with hybrid CTX-M variants. However, false-positive results were observed for several CTX-M-like β-lactamases, including OXY-1-3, OXY-2-8, OXY-5-3, FONA-8, -9, -10, 11, 13 and SFO-1. In clinical BCs, the CTX-M LFA showed 100% (95% CI, 96.0-100%) sensitivity and 99.6% (97.9-100%) specificity. In conclusion, this study showed that rapid detection of CTX-M producers in BC broths can be reliably achieved using the CTX-M LFA, thus providing an opportunity for early optimization of antibiotics.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Microorganisms - 11(2023), 1 vom: 04. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fang, Hanshu [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Chung-Ho [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Huiluo [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Shuo [VerfasserIn]
So, Simon Yung-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Tse, Cindy Wing-Sze [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Vincent Chi-Chung [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Pak-Leung [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bacteremia
Beta-lactamases
Blood culture
Blood-stream infection
CTX-M
Cefotaxime resistance
Enterobacteriaceae
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases
Immunochromatographic assay
Journal Article

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Date Revised 01.02.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/microorganisms11010128

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351881395