Affiliation:
1. Yokohama City University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 236-0004 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan
2. Yokohama City University Medical Centre Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 232-0024 4-57 Urahune-cho, Minami-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract
The rapid detection of etiological agents is important for the successful treatment of iliopsoas abscess (IPA). The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical utility of a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that targets the mecA gene for methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) and the 16S rRNA gene for pan-bacteria. Our retrospective diagnostic study included 22 patients exhibiting IPAs and four patients with noninfectious iliopsoas mass regions who underwent computerized tomography or ultrasonography-guided biopsy and/or surgical treatment. Clinical symptoms, serum data, imaging analysis, and tissue microbiological culture were utilized for the diagnosis of IPA. The diagnostic accuracy of real-time PCR was determined based on the diagnosis of IPA and microbiological culture results. The microbiological culture was positive for 12 IPA cases that included 2 MRSA infections. Among 12 culture-positive IPA cases, 16S rRNA-PCR was positive in 12 and MRS-PCR in two. Among 10 culture-negative IPA cases, including 3 TB cases, 16S rRNA-PCR was positive in 8 and MRS-PCR in 2. In noninfectious iliopsoas mass patients, neither 16S rRNA nor MRS-PCR detected bacterial DNA. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive, and negative predictive values of 16S rRNA-PCR for diagnosing IPA were 0.91, 1.00, 1.00, and 0.67, respectively, while those for the diagnosis of MRS infection with MRS-PCR were 1.00, 0.92, 1.00, and 0.50, respectively. Real-time PCR targeting bacterial DNA can detect bacterial DNA in culture-negative cases and offer improved detectability of MRS infection in IPA patients.
Subject
General Immunology and Microbiology,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine
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