Comparison of Disc Diffusion and Sensititre® Broth Microdilution Methods for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Bacteroides fragilis Group clinical isolates following the French Guidelines.
Gauthier Delvallez, Laure Diancourt, Julie Germond, Pascal Campagne, Bruno Dupuy
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Abstract
Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the concordance between the disc diffusion test (DDT) and custom-designed Sensititre® Broth Microdilution plates and to estimate their respective sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp) for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of Bacteroides fragilis group (BFG) clinical isolates.
Methods: AST was performed on 126 BFG isolates using both DDT and Sensititre® methods according to the 2024 CA-SFM guidelines. Cohen's kappa coefficients were used to assess concordance, while a Bayesian approach estimated Se and Sp with 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for amoxicillin-clavulanate (AMC), piperacillin-tazobactam (PTZ), imipenem (IPM), clindamycin (CLI), metronidazole (MTR), and moxifloxacin (MXF).
Results: Cohen's kappa coefficients with 95% CIs for AMC, PTZ, IPM, CLI, MTR, and MXF were 0.92 (0.85-1.00), 0.70 (0.56-0.83), 0.96 (0.92-1.00), 0.98 (0.94-1.00), 0.96 (0.89-1.00), and 0.70 (0.58-0.82), respectively. DDT demonstrated Se > 0.8 for all antibiotics, and Sp > 0.8 except for PTZ (0.51; 0.37-0.65) and CLI (0.71; 0.58-0.82). Sensititre® exhibited Se > 0.9 for all antibiotics except for PTZ (0.86; 0.70-0.99), and Sp > 0.9 except for MXF (0.88; 0.75-0.99).
Conclusions: DDT and Sensititre® Broth Microdilution demonstrated strong concordance for most antibiotics. Predictive values estimated using Bayesian model showed that Sensititre® offered the highest overall Se and Sp.
期刊介绍:
Anaerobe is essential reading for those who wish to remain at the forefront of discoveries relating to life processes of strictly anaerobes. The journal is multi-disciplinary, and provides a unique forum for those investigating anaerobic organisms that cause infections in humans and animals, as well as anaerobes that play roles in microbiomes or environmental processes.
Anaerobe publishes reviews, mini reviews, original research articles, notes and case reports. Relevant topics fall into the broad categories of anaerobes in human and animal diseases, anaerobes in the microbiome, anaerobes in the environment, diagnosis of anaerobes in clinical microbiology laboratories, molecular biology, genetics, pathogenesis, toxins and antibiotic susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria.