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A modified Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion (mKB) method for accurately testing tigecycline susceptibility: a nation-wide multicenter comparative study. 2023

Dandan Yin, and Yan Guo, and Renru Han, and Yang Yang, and Demei Zhu, and Fupin Hu
Institute of Antibiotics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China.

Introduction. Tigecycline is one of the important antibiotics available for treating infection caused by multiple-drug resistant pathogens. However, the conventional AST methods which are commonly used in clinical microbiology laboratories usually lead to false intermediate or resistant results in testing tigecycline susceptibility, and further mislead clinical antimicrobial therapies.Hypothesis. The modified Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion (mKB) method was performed based on the traditional standard Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion (sKB) method.Aim. To evaluate a modified Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion (mKB) method for tigecycline susceptibility testing, for the purpose of providing accurate tigecycline susceptibility results in clinical practice.Methodology. A total of 4271 nonduplicate clinical strains were isolated from 37 hospitals across China to perform the mKB method, standard Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion (sKB) method, comparing with the reference broth microdilution (BMD) according to the CLSI. Parameters of categorical agreement (CA), minor errors (mE), major errors (ME), and very major errors (VME) were used in this methodological evaluation research.Results. BMD testing showed that 91.3-98.9 % of the A. baumannii, K. pneumoniae, E. coli, E. cloacae, S. marcescens, and C. freundii strains were susceptible, while 0-3.1% strains were resistant to tigecycline. When testing A. baumannii, mKB demonstrated higher CA than sKB (90.6 % vs 44.8 %) compared to reference BMD. The mE (9.0 % vs 45.2 %), ME (0.5 % vs 10.6 %) and VME (both 0 %) all satisfied the acceptability criteria. mKB also showed higher CA (87.2 % vs 52.0 %) than sKB in comparison with BMD when testing Enterobacterales (mainly K. pneumonia). The ME (0.45 % vs 8.1 %) and VME (both 0 %) but not mE (12.4 % vs 40.4 %) met the acceptability criteria.Conclusion. The mKB method can test bacterial susceptibility to tigecycline more accurately than sKB. For the tigecycline-intermediate or -resistant strains by sKB method, BMD or mKB method should be used to verify the results and report reliable tigecycline susceptibility results.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007711 Klebsiella pneumoniae Gram-negative, non-motile, capsulated, gas-producing rods found widely in nature and associated with urinary and respiratory infections in humans. Bacillus pneumoniae,Bacterium pneumoniae crouposae,Hyalococcus pneumoniae,Klebsiella pneumoniae aerogenes,Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis
D008826 Microbial Sensitivity Tests Any tests that demonstrate the relative efficacy of different chemotherapeutic agents against specific microorganisms (i.e., bacteria, fungi, viruses). Bacterial Sensitivity Tests,Drug Sensitivity Assay, Microbial,Minimum Inhibitory Concentration,Antibacterial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination,Antibiogram,Antimicrobial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination,Bacterial Sensitivity Test,Breakpoint Determination, Antibacterial Susceptibility,Breakpoint Determination, Antimicrobial Susceptibility,Fungal Drug Sensitivity Tests,Fungus Drug Sensitivity Tests,Sensitivity Test, Bacterial,Sensitivity Tests, Bacterial,Test, Bacterial Sensitivity,Tests, Bacterial Sensitivity,Viral Drug Sensitivity Tests,Virus Drug Sensitivity Tests,Antibiograms,Concentration, Minimum Inhibitory,Concentrations, Minimum Inhibitory,Inhibitory Concentration, Minimum,Inhibitory Concentrations, Minimum,Microbial Sensitivity Test,Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations,Sensitivity Test, Microbial,Sensitivity Tests, Microbial,Test, Microbial Sensitivity,Tests, Microbial Sensitivity
D004926 Escherichia coli A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS) commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce DIARRHEA and pyogenic infections. Pathogenic strains (virotypes) are classified by their specific pathogenic mechanisms such as toxins (ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI), etc. Alkalescens-Dispar Group,Bacillus coli,Bacterium coli,Bacterium coli commune,Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli,E coli,EAggEC,Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli,Enterococcus coli,Diffusely Adherent E. coli,Enteroaggregative E. coli,Enteroinvasive E. coli,Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
D000078304 Tigecycline A tetracycline derivative that acts as a protein synthesis inhibitor. It is used as an antibacterial agent for the systemic treatment of complicated skin and intra-abdominal infections. It is also used for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia. 9-(tert-Butylglycylamido)minocycline,GAR 936,GAR-936,TBG-MINO,Tygacil,GAR936
D000900 Anti-Bacterial Agents Substances that inhibit the growth or reproduction of BACTERIA. Anti-Bacterial Agent,Anti-Bacterial Compound,Anti-Mycobacterial Agent,Antibacterial Agent,Antibiotics,Antimycobacterial Agent,Bacteriocidal Agent,Bacteriocide,Anti-Bacterial Compounds,Anti-Mycobacterial Agents,Antibacterial Agents,Antibiotic,Antimycobacterial Agents,Bacteriocidal Agents,Bacteriocides,Agent, Anti-Bacterial,Agent, Anti-Mycobacterial,Agent, Antibacterial,Agent, Antimycobacterial,Agent, Bacteriocidal,Agents, Anti-Bacterial,Agents, Anti-Mycobacterial,Agents, Antibacterial,Agents, Antimycobacterial,Agents, Bacteriocidal,Anti Bacterial Agent,Anti Bacterial Agents,Anti Bacterial Compound,Anti Bacterial Compounds,Anti Mycobacterial Agent,Anti Mycobacterial Agents,Compound, Anti-Bacterial,Compounds, Anti-Bacterial
D052978 Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests A method where a culturing surface inoculated with microbe is exposed to small disks containing known amounts of a chemical agent resulting in a zone of inhibition (usually in millimeters) of growth of the microbe corresponding to the susceptibility of the strain to the agent. Bauer-Kirby Disk-Diffusion Method,Epsilometer Test,Etest,Kirby-Bauer Disk-Diffusion Method,Bauer Kirby Disk Diffusion Method,Disk-Diffusion Method, Bauer-Kirby,Disk-Diffusion Method, Kirby-Bauer,Epsilometer Tests,Etests,Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion Method,Test, Epsilometer,Tests, Epsilometer

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