Time to Positivity as a Prognostic Tool in the Performance of Short-Term Subculture for MALDI-TOF MS-Based Identification of Microorganisms from Positive Blood Cultures in Pediatric Patients.

Chao Fang, Zheng Zhou, Jianping Li, Mingming Zhou, Xuejun Chen

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Chao FangClinical Laboratory Department, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Binsheng Road 3333, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. 6513067@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3903-9303

Zheng ZhouClinical Laboratory Department, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Binsheng Road 3333, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Jianping LiClinical Laboratory Department, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Binsheng Road 3333, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Mingming ZhouClinical Laboratory Department, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Binsheng Road 3333, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Xuejun ChenClinical Laboratory Department, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Binsheng Road 3333, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

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The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between the time to positivity (TTP) of blood cultures and the performance of short-term subculture for MALDI-TOF MS-based identification of microorganisms from positive blood cultures in pediatric patients. The study was conducted between April 2018 and July 2019 at a tertiary children's hospital in Eastern China and the TTP of all the blood cultures included was retrospectively collected at the same time. In total, 332 monomicrobial blood cultures were included in the study. Blood cultures that were identified at the genus level (score ≥ 1.700) by the short-term subculture protocol had shorter TTP (median TTP: 17.5 h) than of those not identified (median TTP: 24.6 h; P < 10

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BacteremiaBacteriaBacteriological TechniquesBlood CultureChildChinaCulture MediaHospitals, PediatricHumansPrognosisRetrospective StudiesSensitivity and SpecificitySpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationTime FactorsCulture Media

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PMID31989212

DOI10.1007/s00284-020-01900-z

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