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Implementation and evaluation of methods for the optimal detection of carbapenem-resistant and colistin-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii from stools

  • Fournier, Claudine Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Poirel, Laurent Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland - INSERM European Unit (IAME, France), University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland - Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Antibiotic Resistance (NARA), University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Nordmann, Patrice Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Medicine, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland - INSERM European Unit (IAME, France), University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland - Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Antibiotic Resistance (NARA), University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland - Institute for Microbiology, University of Lausanne and University Hospital Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland
    01.10.2020
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  • Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. - 2020, vol. 98, no. 2, p. 115121
English Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA), as well as polymyxin-resistant A. baumannii (PMR-AB) and P. aeruginosa (PMR-PA), were used to test different enrichment strategies from spiked stools. Three procedures were compared, namely, direct inoculation on selective plates and plating after a 24-h enrichment step in tryptic soy broth with or without antibiotics. Selective agar plates were used including CHROMagar-Pseudomonas supplemented with meropenem (2 mg/L), and CHROMagar-MDR-Acinetobacter agar and CHROMagar COL-APSE plates. Use of enrichment broths significantly enhanced the recovery of CRAB, CRPA, PMR-AB, and PMR-PA. However, supplementing or not the pre-enrichment broth with antibiotics had no impact. The proposed strategy for screening multidrug-resistant nonfermenters is of low cost, is easy to implement, and might be useful for outbreak containment.
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Faculté des sciences et de médecine
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Médecine 3ème année
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  • English
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Biological sciences
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