Multicenter Clinical Evaluation of a Novel Multiplex Real-Time PCR (qPCR) Assay for Detection of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium

Autor: Kaveesha Bodiyabadu, Judit Serra-Pladevall, Marie Lundgren, Jørgen Skov Jensen, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Lit Yeen Tan, Samantha Ebeyan, Candela Fernández-Naval, Suzanne M. Garland, Gerald L. Murray, Juliana Esperalba, Miguel Fernández-Huerta, Tomás Pumarola, Mateu Espasa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical)
Male
fluoroquinolone resistance
antibiotic resistance
multicenter evaluation
030106 microbiology
Mycoplasma genitalium
Sensitivity and Specificity
03 medical and health sciences
symbols.namesake
0302 clinical medicine
Antibiotic resistance
Drug Resistance
Bacterial

Medicine
Humans
Multiplex
Mycoplasma Infections
030212 general & internal medicine
Sanger sequencing
biology
business.industry
Australia
Bacteriology
Sequence Analysis
DNA

bacterial infections and mycoses
biology.organism_classification
Antimicrobial
Virology
Fluoroquinolone resistance
Confidence interval
Anti-Bacterial Agents
RNA
Ribosomal
23S

Real-time polymerase chain reaction
multiplex qPCR assay
Spain
Mutation
symbols
Female
business
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
Fluoroquinolones
Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
ISSN: 1098-660X
0095-1137
Popis: Mycoplasma genitalium causes a common sexually transmitted infection with a marked propensity to develop antimicrobial resistance. As few treatment options exist, this poses significant challenges to clinicians. Recent diagnostic advances have resulted in tests that report the simultaneous detection of M. genitalium and any resistance to macrolides, the first-line treatment. This allows for therapy to be tailored to the individual, thereby optimizing treatment outcomes.
Mycoplasma genitalium causes a common sexually transmitted infection with a marked propensity to develop antimicrobial resistance. As few treatment options exist, this poses significant challenges to clinicians. Recent diagnostic advances have resulted in tests that report the simultaneous detection of M. genitalium and any resistance to macrolides, the first-line treatment. This allows for therapy to be tailored to the individual, thereby optimizing treatment outcomes. However, resistance to fluoroquinolones, the second-line treatment, is increasing in M. genitalium. In this study, we describe a new assay, MG+parC (beta), which simultaneously reports the detection of M. genitalium and five parC mutations that have been associated with resistance to fluoroquinolones. These mutations affect the amino acid sequence of ParC at residues S83R (A247C), S83I (G248T), D87N (G259A), D87Y (G259T), and D87H (G259C). The study tested the MG+parC (beta) assay with 202 M. genitalium-positive clinical samples from Australia (n = 141) and Spain (n = 61). Compared to Sanger sequencing, the assay performed with a kappa value of 0.985 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.955 to 1.000), with a mutation detection sensitivity of 97.6% (95% CI, 87.4 to 99.9), and specificity of 100.0% (95% CI, 97.7 to 100.0). Fluoroquinolone resistance-associated mutations in parC targeted by the assay were more prevalent among the Australian cohort (23.4% [95% CI,16.3 to 31.8]) compared to the Spanish population (8.8% [95% CI, 2.9% to 19.3%]) (P = 0.019). The MG+parC (beta) kit is a simple and reliable method for simultaneous detection of M. genitalium and fluoroquinolone resistance-associated mutations in clinical settings. This novel diagnostic tool may extend the utility of the second line of antimicrobial therapies in M. genitalium infection.
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