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ArticleAnnals of laboratory medicine2013

Modified CHROMagar Acinetobacter medium for direct detection of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter strains in nasal and rectal swab samples.

Wonkeun Song, Jacob Lee, Taek-Kyung Kim, Min-Jeong Park, Han-Sung Kim, Jae-Seok Kim

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Article in Annals of laboratory medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wonkeun SongDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea. swonkeun@hallym.or.kr
Jacob Lee
Taek-Kyung Kim
Min-Jeong Park
Han-Sung Kim
Jae-Seok Kim
Hallym University · KRHallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate whether CHROMagar Acinetobacter medium (CHROMagar, France) in combination with an antimicrobial supplement (modified CHROMagar Acinetobacter; CHROMagar, France) can be used for detecting and isolating multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter species (MRA) in nasal and rectal surveillance cultures. Nasal and rectal swab samples were collected from patients in an intensive care unit at a teaching hospital. The samples were used to inoculate modified CHROMagar Acinetobacter plates, which were examined after 24 and 48 hr of incubation at 37℃. Their susceptibility against the antimicrobial agents meropenem, imipenem, ciprofloxacin, and amikacin was analyzed using the Etest (bioMerieux, France). A total of 406 paired samples (406 nasal swabs and 406 rectal swabs) were obtained from 226 patients, and 120 samples (28 nasal and 28 rectal cultures, 47 nasal cultures only, and 17 rectal cultures only) yielded MRA. Seventy-five MRA isolates (18.5%) were recovered from the 406 nasal samples, and 45 MRA isolates (11.1%) were recovered from the 406 rectal samples. Of the 120 MRA isolates, 3 (2.5%) were detected only after 48 hr of incubation. The use of modified CHROMagar Acinetobacter together with nasal and rectal swabs and 1-day incubation is an effective surveillance tool for detecting MRA colonization.

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Drug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialAcinetobacterAcinetobacter InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsHumansIntensive Care UnitsMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNoseReagent Kits, DiagnosticRectumAnti-Bacterial AgentsReagent Kits, DiagnosticModified CHROMagar AcinetobacterMultidrug-resistant Acinetobacter spp.Nasal swabRectal swab

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PMID23667846
PMCPMC3646194
OpenAlexW2162531842

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