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ArticleEndoscopy international open2018

Prospective study of the feasibility of point-of-care testing strategy for carbapenem-resistant organism detection.

Rahul Pannala, Bruce Baldwin, Vijay Aluru, Thomas E Grys, Jordan Holmes, Laurence J Miller, M Edwyn Harrison, Cuong C Nguyen, Fred C Tenover, David Persing and 1 more

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Article in Endoscopy international open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rahul PannalaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Bruce BaldwinDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Vijay AluruDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Thomas E GrysDivision of Laboratory Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Jordan HolmesDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Laurence J MillerDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
M Edwyn HarrisonDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Cuong C NguyenDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Fred C TenoverCepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
David PersingCepheid, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
Douglas O FaigelDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
Mayo Clinic in Arizona · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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aimsIn an investigator-initiated, prospective study, we evaluated the feasibility of a five-gene sequence point-of-care (POC) testing strategy (Xpert CARBA-R Assay, Cepheid Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA), compared to reference laboratory PCR (48 - 72 hours turnaround time, two gene sequences), in patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and in a hospital outbreak investigation.

methodsAfter informed consent, patients undergoing ERCP (September 2015 - April 2016, n = 191) at Mayo Clinic and potential hospital contacts (n = 9) of an index carbapenem-resistant organism (CRO)-positive inpatient were included. Two rectal swabs, one each for reference and POC assays were obtained. The Xpert CARBA-R Assay enables qualitative rapid detection of five beta-lactamase gene sequences associated with carbapenem-non-susceptibility in Gram-negative bacteria. Feasibility parameters (specimen processing and assay run time, ease of use) and percent agreement between the tests were calculated using JMP Pro11 (SAS Corp, Cary, NC, USA).

resultsMean age was 62 ± 15 years; 108 (54 %) were male. Both tests were successfully performed in all patients. The POC test was rated by endoscopy nurses as easy/very easy to conduct in 193 patients (97 %); median assay run time and median time for specimen collection and processing were 55 minutes (interquartile range IQR: 53 - 55 minutes) and 3 minutes (IQR: 3 - 6 minutes), respectively. In 200/201 (99.5 %) tests, there was agreement between the POC and reference PCR.

conclusionsThe more comprehensive POC CRO testing of patients in the endoscopy suite is feasible and results are available in < 1 hour. This strategy may enable rapid risk stratification of duodenoscope exposure to CRO and potentially improve operational efficiency and decrease costs.

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