Evaluation of antimicrobial susceptibility tests for Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas species using disks containing a high dose of meropenem

Autor: Shoichiro Endo, Tatsuya Tada, Satoshi Oshiro, Tomomi Hishinuma, Mari Tohya, Shin Watanabe, Jun-Ichiro Sekiguchi, Masaki Abe, Koji Nakada, Teruo Kirikae
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52538-x
Popis: Abstract The emergence and dissemination of carbapenem-resistant species of Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas have become a serious health concern. Routine antimicrobial disk susceptibility tests in clinical laboratories cannot distinguish between isolates that are highly carbapenem-resistant and those that are moderately carbapenem-resistant. The present study describes antimicrobial susceptibility tests using disks containing high doses (1000 μg) of meropenem. The diameters of inhibition zones were significantly negatively correlated with the MICs of Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter species for meropenem (R2: 0.93 and 0.91, respectively) and imipenem (R2: 0.75 and 0.84, respectively). Double disk synergy tests using clavulanic acid or sodium mercaptoacetate can detect ESBL or MBL producers. Susceptibility tests using disks containing high doses of meropenem can easily detect highly carbapenem-resistant isolates in a quantitative manner. These disks may be useful in bacteriological laboratories because of their technical ease, stability, and relatively low cost.
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