Comparative analysis of disk diffusion and microscan versus broth microdilution methods for determining antimicrobial susceptibility of cefepime and piperacillin-tazobactam in Escherichia coli isolates carrying blaOXA-1.
Marta Carretero-Ledesma, Carlos Saúco-Carballo, Ana Velázquez Escudero, Inmaculada López-Hernández, Inés Portillo-Calderón, Lorena López-Cerero, José Manuel Rodríguez-Martínez, Jesús Rodríguez Baño, Álvaro Pascual, Fernando Docobo-Pérez
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Abstract
Routine susceptibility testing often misses resistance in blaOXA-1-producing E. coli, risking therapeutic failure. Among 165 clinical isolates from the Spanish multicenter cohort, MicroScan and disk diffusion versus reference broth microdilution yielded suboptimal categorical agreement (73.9%-86.7%) for piperacillin-tazobactam (PTZ) and cefepime (FEP). MicroScan PTZ very major errors (30%) indicate resistance underestimation; disk diffusion PTZ major errors (23%) and both methods FEP major errors (8.3%-13.8%) indicate resistance overestimation. These errors justify cautious interpretation of routine susceptibility results.
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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (AAC) features interdisciplinary studies that build our understanding of the underlying mechanisms and therapeutic applications of antimicrobial and antiparasitic agents and chemotherapy.