Affiliation:
1. Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
2. Alverno Laboratories, Hammond, Indiana
3. Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Klebsiella pneumoniae
carbapenemase (KPC) production in Gram-negative bacilli is an increasing problem worldwide. Rectal swab surveillance is recommended as a component of infection prevention programs, yet few screening methods are published. We compared detection of KPC-producing
Klebsiella pneumoniae
and
Escherichia coli
in surveillance specimens by 2 methods: (i) inoculation of swabs in tryptic soy broth containing 2 μg/ml imipenem followed by plating to MacConkey agar (MAC) (method 1) and (ii) streaking swabs on MAC onto which a 10-μg ertapenem disk was then placed (method 2). Simulated rectal swab specimens of challenge isolates from a collection of well-characterized
K. pneumoniae
and
E. coli
strains and salvage rectal swab specimens collected from patients at 4 different health care facilities over a 7-month period were tested. The gold-standard comparator was
bla
KPC
PCR testing of isolates. Method 1 detected 4/9 (44%) KPC-positive challenge isolates. By method 2, 9/9 KPC-positive challenge isolates exhibited zones of inhibition of ≤27 mm; all KPC-negative isolates exhibited zones of inhibition greater than 27 mm. The sensitivity and specificity of method 1 for detection of KPC-positive
K. pneumoniae
and
E. coli
in 149 rectal swab specimens were 65.6% (95% confidence interval [CI], 46.8% to 80.8%) and 49.6% (95% CI, 40.3% to 58.9%), respectively. With method 2, a zone diameter of ≤27 mm had a sensitivity of 97.0% (95% CI, 82.5% to 99.8%) and specificity of 90.5% (95% CI, 83.3% to 94.9%) for detection of KPC in rectal swab specimens. Direct ertapenem disk testing is simpler, more sensitive, and more specific than selective broth enrichment with imipenem for detection of KPC-producing
K. pneumoniae
and
E. coli
in surveillance specimens.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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