Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87252
Title: Susceptibility Testing for the Polymyxins: Two Steps Back, Three Steps Forward?
Authors: Vasoo, Shawn
Keywords: Polymyxin
Susceptibility Testing
Issue Date: 2017
Source: Vasoo, S. (2017). Susceptibility Testing for the Polymyxins: Two Steps Back, Three Steps Forward?. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 55(9), 2573-2582.
Series/Report no.: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Abstract: Optimizing and standardizing susceptibility testing for the polymyxins have become pressing issues, given the rise in multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli. Recently, both the CLSI and EUCAST have recommended broth microdilution (BMD) (without polysorbate) as the reference method for polymyxin susceptibility testing. In this issue, K. L. Chew et al. (J Clin Microbiol 55:2609–2616, 2017, https://doi-org.ezlibproxy1.ntu.edu.sg/10.1128/JCM.00268-17) compare the performances of three commercial BMD panels and the Etest to the reference, BMD, for polymyxin B and colistin, using 76 Enterobacteriaceae isolates (21 of which were mcr-1 positive). Although none of the commercial BMD panels strictly met FDA performance standards in this evaluation, possibly because of the small number isolates tested, the Sensititre panel achieved >90% categorical agreement for both polymyxin compounds. These results also reaffirm CLSI and EUCAST guidance that gradient diffusion testing, which had unacceptable error rates, should be abandoned. In a simulated analysis with lowered breakpoints (susceptible, ≤1 mg/liter; intermediate, 2 mg/liter; resistant, ≥4 mg/liter), error rates and agreement were improved across the various methods and the rate of detection of mcr-1-positive isolates improved. These observations, taken together with recent pharmacokinetic data on optimizing target attainment for the polymyxins, suggest that more-stringent (lower) breakpoints may be reasonable, although such an approach may be limited by the inherent reliability of current testing methodologies and a lack of robust clinical correlative data, which are sorely needed.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87252
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44372
ISSN: 0095-1137
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00888-17
Schools: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) 
Rights: © 2017 American Society for Microbiology (ASM). This paper was published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of American Society for Microbiology (ASM). The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00888-17]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
Fulltext Permission: open
Fulltext Availability: With Fulltext
Appears in Collections:LKCMedicine Journal Articles

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
Susceptibility Testing for the Polymyxins Two Steps Back Three Steps Forward.pdf198.56 kBAdobe PDFThumbnail
View/Open

SCOPUSTM   
Citations 10

51
Updated on Mar 27, 2024

Web of ScienceTM
Citations 10

49
Updated on Oct 29, 2023

Page view(s)

370
Updated on Mar 27, 2024

Download(s) 50

116
Updated on Mar 27, 2024

Google ScholarTM

Check

Altmetric


Plumx

Items in DR-NTU are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.