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ArticleThe Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy2024

Detection of antimicrobial resistance in <5 h in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates using flow cytometry-proof of concept for seven clinically relevant antimicrobials.

Sofia Somajo, Frida Nilsson, Oskar Ekelund, Magnus Unemo

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Article in The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Sofia SomajoDepartment of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-0433-8079
Frida NilssonDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Region Kronoberg, Växjö/Karlskrona, Sweden.
Oskar EkelundDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Region Kronoberg, Växjö/Karlskrona, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6621-0244
Magnus UnemoFaculty of Medicine and Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Gonorrhoea and Other STIs, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Alstom (Sweden) · SELinnaeus University · SEÖrebro University · SE

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Department of Research and DevelopmentRegion Kronoberg 961293
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAntimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae compromises gonorrhoea treatment and rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) would be valuable. We have developed a rapid and accurate flow cytometry method (FCM) for AST of gonococci.

methodsThe 2016 WHO gonococcal reference strains, and WHO Q, R and S (n = 17) were tested against seven clinically relevant antibiotics (ceftriaxone, cefixime, azithromycin, spectinomycin, ciprofloxacin, tetracycline and gentamicin). After 4.5 h incubation of inoculated broth, the fluorescent dye Syto™ 9 was added, followed by FCM analysis. After gating, the relative remaining population of gonococci, compared with unexposed growth control samples, was plotted against antimicrobial concentration, followed by non-linear curve regression analysis. Furthermore, the response at one single concentration/tested antibiotic was evaluated with the intention to use as a screening test for detection of resistant gonococci.

resultsA dose-dependent response was seen in susceptible isolates for all tested antimicrobials. There was a clear separation between susceptible/WT and resistant/non-WT isolates for ceftriaxone, cefixime, spectinomycin, ciprofloxacin and tetracycline. In contrast, for azithromycin, only high-level-resistant isolates were distinguished, while resistant isolates with MICs of 4 mg/L were indistinguishable from WT (MIC ≤ 1 mg/L) isolates. For gentamicin, all tested 17 isolates were WT and FCM analysis resulted in uniform dose-response curves. Using a single antibiotic concentration and a 50% remaining cell population cut-off, the overall sensitivity and specificity for resistance detection were 93% and 99%, respectively.

conclusionsBy providing results in <5 h for gonococcal isolates, FCM-based AST can become a rapid screening method for antimicrobial resistance or antimicrobial susceptibility in gonococci.

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Anti-Infective AgentsGonorrheaAnti-Bacterial AgentsAzithromycinCefiximeCeftriaxoneCiprofloxacinDrug Resistance, BacterialFlow CytometryGentamicinsHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNeisseria gonorrhoeaeSpectinomycinTetracyclineAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsAzithromycinCefiximeCeftriaxoneCiprofloxacinGentamicinsSpectinomycinTetracycline

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