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Routine Use of Anaerobic Blood Culture Bottles for Specimens Collected from Adults and Children Enhances Microorganism Recovery and Improves Time to Positivity. J Clin Microbiol 2022; 60:e0050022. [PMID: 36040158 PMCID: PMC9491166 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00500-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The utility of anaerobic blood culture bottles remains controversial, especially for specimens from children. Data are limited on the inclusion of an anaerobic bottle as part of a blood culture "set" when using contemporary blood culture instruments and media. Here, we evaluated the clinical utility of anaerobic blood culture bottles (FN Plus) and aerobic bottles (FA Plus) for the BacT/Alert Virtuo blood culture system (bioMérieux). A total of 158,710 bottles collected between November 2018 and October 2019 were evaluated. There were 6,652 positive anaerobic bottles, of which 384 (5.8%) contained 403 obligate anaerobes. In patients <19 years old, there were 389 positive anaerobic bottles, with 15 (1.8%) containing 16 obligate anaerobes. If not for anaerobic bottles, all but 8 obligate anaerobes would have gone undetected. Furthermore, anaerobic bottles were advantageous for some facultative anaerobes. Staphylococcus aureus from anaerobic bottles demonstrated statistically significant increased recovery (1,992 anaerobic versus 1,901 aerobic bottles, P = 0.009) and faster mean time to positivity (1,138 versus 1,174 min, P = 0.027). Only 25 microorganisms had statistically significant improved recovery and/or faster time to positivity from aerobic versus anaerobic bottles, suggesting anaerobic bottles offer comparable growth for most species. Finally, if only an aerobic bottle had been collected, 2,027 fewer positive cultures would have been detected and 7,452 fewer isolates would have been reported, including cultures with S. aureus (413 isolates, 10.6% less), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (9 isolates, 3.1% less) and Escherichia coli (193 isolates, 14.0% less). Taken together, these findings support the practice of routinely including an anaerobic bottle for blood culture collection.
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Tumuhamye J, Steinsland H, Bwanga F, Tumwine JK, Ndeezi G, Mukunya D, Namugga O, Kasede AN, Sommerfelt H, Nankabirwa V. Vaginal colonization with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria among women in labor in central Uganda: prevalence and associated factors. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2021; 10:37. [PMID: 33597029 PMCID: PMC7887551 DOI: 10.1186/s13756-021-00897-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND According to WHO ( CISMAC. Centre for Intervention Science in Maternal and Child health), the antimicrobial resistant bacteria considered to be clinically most important for human health and earmarked for surveillance include extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae, carbapenem-resistant bacteria, methicillin-resistant (MRSA) and, macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B -resistant vancomycin-resistant (VRSA) Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE). If these bacteria are carried in the female genital tract, they may be transmitted to the neonate causing local or systemic neonatal infections that can be difficult to treat with conventionally available antimicrobials. In order to develop effective treatment strategies, there is need for updated information about the prevalence of colonization with important antimicrobial-resistant pathogens. OBJECTIVE We sought to estimate the prevalence of vaginal colonization with potentially pathogenic and clinically important AMR bacteria among women in labour in Uganda and to identify factors associated with colonization. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study among HIV-1 and HIV-2 negative women in labour at three primary health care facilities in Uganda. Drug susceptibility testing was done using the disk diffusion method on bacterial isolates cultured from vaginal swabs. We calculated the prevalence of colonization with potentially pathogenic and clinically important AMR bacteria, in addition to multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria, defined as bacteria resistant to antibiotics from ≥ 3 antibiotic classes. RESULTS We found that 57 of the 1472 enrolled women (3.9% prevalence; 95% Confidence interval [CI] 3.0%, 5.1%) were colonized with ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceace, 27 (1.8%; 95% CI 1.2%, 2.6%) were colonized with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, and 85 (5.8%; 95% CI 4.6%, 7.1%) were colonized with MRSA. The prevalence of colonization with MDR bacteria was high (750/1472; 50.9%; 95% CI 48.4%, 53.5%). Women who were ≥ 30 years of age had higher odds of being colonized with MDR bacteria compared to women aged 20-24 years (OR 1.6; 95% CI 1.1, 2.2). CONCLUSION Most of the women included in our study were vaginally colonized with potentially pathogenic MDR and other clinically important AMR bacteria. The high prevalence of colonization with these bacteria is likely to further increase the incidence of difficult-to-treat neonatal sepsis.
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- Josephine Tumuhamye
- Centre for Intervention Science for Maternal and Child Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. .,Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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- Centre for Intervention Science for Maternal and Child Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Paediatric and Child Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Paediatric and Child Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Paediatric and Child Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.,Department of Public Health, Busitema University, Busitema, Uganda
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- Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics School of Public Health, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
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The Addition of Anaerobic Blood Cultures for Pediatric Patients with Concerns for Bloodstream Infections: Prevalence and Time to Positive Cultures. J Clin Microbiol 2020; 58:JCM.01844-19. [PMID: 32641400 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01844-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Anaerobes are an important but uncommon cause of bloodstream infections (BSIs). For pediatric patients, routine inclusion of an anaerobic blood culture alongside the aerobic remains controversial. We implemented automatic anaerobic blood culture alongside aerobic blood cultures in a pediatric emergency department (ED) and sought to determine changes in recovery of obligate and facultative anaerobes. This was a cohort study in a pediatric ED (August 2015 to July 2018) that began in February 2017. Blood culture positivity results for true pathogens and contaminants were assessed, along with a secondary outcome of time to positivity (TTP) of blood culture. A total of 14,180 blood cultures (5,202 preimplementation and 8,978 postimplementation) were collected, with 8.8% (456) and 7.1% (635) positive cultures in the pre- and postimplementation phases, respectively. Of 635 positive cultures in the postimplementation phase, aerobic blood cultures recovered 7.6% (349/4,615), whereas anaerobic blood cultures recovered 6.6% (286/4,363). In 211/421 (50.0%) paired blood cultures, an organism was recovered in both cultures. The number of cases where organisms were only recovered from an aerobic or an anaerobic bottle in the paired cultures were 126 (30.0%) and 84 (20.0%), respectively. The TTP was comparable regardless of bottle type. Recovery of true pathogens from blood cultures was approximately 7 h faster than recovery of contaminants. Although inclusion of anaerobic blood cultures only recovered 2 (0.69%) obligate anaerobes, it did allow for recovery of clinically significant pathogens that were negative in aerobic blood cultures and supports the routine collection of both bottles in pediatric patients with a concern of bloodstream infections.
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GAJDÁCS MÁRIÓ, URBÁN EDIT. Relevance of anaerobic bacteremia in adult patients: A never-ending story? Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp) 2020; 10:64-75. [PMID: 32590337 PMCID: PMC7391379 DOI: 10.1556/1886.2020.00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Obligate anaerobic bacteria are considered important constituents of the microbiota of humans; in addition, they are also important etiological agents in some focal or invasive infections and bacteremia with a high level of mortality. Conflicting data have accumulated over the last decades regarding the extent in which these pathogens play an intrinsic role in bloodstream infections. Clinical characteristics of anaerobic bloodstream infections do not differ from bacteremia caused by other pathogens, but due to their longer generation time and rigorous growth requirements, it usually takes longer to establish the etiological diagnosis. The introduction of matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has represented a technological revolution in microbiological diagnostics, which has allowed for the fast, accurate and reliable identification of anaerobic bacteria at a low sample cost. The purpose of this review article is to summarize the currently available literature data on the prevalence of anaerobic bacteremia in adults for physicians and clinical microbiologists and to shed some light on the complexity of this topic nowadays.
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- MÁRIÓ GAJDÁCS
- Department of Pharmacodynamics and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Szeged, Eötvös utca 6., Szeged, 6720, Hungary
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- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 10., Szeged, 6720, Hungary
- Institute for Translational Medicine, Medical School, University of Pécs, Szigeti út 12., Pécs, 7624, Hungary
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Lafaurie M, d'Anglejan E, Donay JL, Glotz D, Sarfati E, Mimoun M, Legrand M, Oksenhendler E, Bagot M, Valade S, Bercot B, Molina JM. Utility of anaerobic bottles for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections. BMC Infect Dis 2020; 20:142. [PMID: 32059701 PMCID: PMC7023744 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-4854-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Obligate anaerobes usually account for less than 10% of bacteria recovered from blood cultures (BC). The relevance of routine use of the anaerobic bottle is under debate. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of anaerobic bottles for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections (BSI). METHODS We conducted a 6-month, retrospective, monocentric study in a tertiary hospital. All positive BC were grouped into a single episode of bacteremia when drawn within 7 consecutive days. Bacteremia were classified into contaminants and BSI. Charts of patients with BSI due to obligate anaerobes were studied. RESULTS A total of 19,739 blood cultures were collected, 2341 of which (11.9%) were positive. Anaerobic bottles were positive in 1528 (65.3%) of all positive BC but were positive alone (aerobic bottles negative) in 369 (15.8%). Overall 1081 episodes of bacteremia were identified, of which 209 (19.3%) had positive anaerobic bottles alone. The majority 126/209 (60.3%) were contaminants and 83 (39.7%) were BSI. BSI due to facultative anaerobes, obligate aerobes and obligate anaerobes were identified in 67 (80.7%), 3 (3.6%) and 13 (15.7%) of these 83 episodes, respectively. BSI due to obligate anaerobic bacteria were reported in 9 patients with gastro-intestinal disease, in 3 with febrile neutropenia and in 1 burned patient. CONCLUSIONS Anaerobic bottles contributed to the diagnosis of a significant number of episodes of bacteremia. Isolated bacteria were mostly contaminants and non-obligate anaerobic pathogens. Rare BSI due to obligate anaerobes were reported mainly in patients with gastro-intestinal disorders and during febrile neutropenia.
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- M Lafaurie
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, University of Paris Diderot Paris 7, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U941, Paris, France. .,Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint-Louis Hospital, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, Paris, 75010, France.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, University of Paris Diderot Paris 7, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U941, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- Nephrology Unit, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Digestive and Emergency Surgery, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Burn Unit, St-Louis hospital, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Immunopathology, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- Dermatology Department, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- Intensive Care Unit, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, University of Paris Diderot Paris 7, Sorbonne Paris Cité, INSERM U941, Paris, France
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Thé T, Curfman A, Burnham CAD, Hayes E, Schnadower D. Pediatric Anaerobic Blood Culture Practices in Industrialized Countries. J Appl Lab Med 2018; 3:553-558. [PMID: 31639724 DOI: 10.1373/jalm.2018.027128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Routine anaerobic blood culture collection in febrile children is controversial, as clinicians try to account for the severe but relative infrequency of anaerobic bacteremia. Furthermore, clinical and laboratory practice variation among institutions may lead to potentially inaccurate epidemiological data. Our goal was to assess blood culture practices in pediatric patients throughout an international network of hospitals in industrialized countries. METHODS We conducted a survey of current clinical and laboratory practice patterns in a convenience sample of international institutions participating in 6 pediatric emergency research networks in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. A lead clinician at each institution queried institutional practices from the emergency department, pediatric intensive care unit, and oncology medical directors. The microbiology director at each institution completed the laboratory survey. RESULTS Sixty-five of 160 (41%) invited institutions participated in the survey. Routine anaerobic blood cultures are collected in 30% of emergency departments, 30% of intensive care units, and 48% of oncology wards. Reasons for restricting anaerobic culture collection included concerns regarding blood volume (51%), low pretest probability (22%), and cost-effectiveness (16%). The most common reasons institutions allow for selectively obtaining anaerobic cultures are clinical suspicion (64%) and patients who are immunosuppressed (50%). The microbiology survey showed variation in systems, although most use the BACTEC™ culture system and MALDI-TOF for organism identification. CONCLUSIONS There is broad variation in anaerobic blood culture practices among a network of pediatric hospitals in industrialized countries.
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- Tama Thé
- Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO;
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- Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Departments of Pathology and Immunology, Molecular Microbiology, and Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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- Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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Messbarger N, Neemann K. Role of Anaerobic Blood Cultures in Neonatal Bacteremia. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2018; 7:e65-e69. [PMID: 29165580 DOI: 10.1093/jpids/pix088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Evaluation for neonatal sepsis routinely includes performing both aerobic and anaerobic blood cultures despite our lack of knowledge of the true incidence of anaerobic bacteremia in this age group and the consequences of not performing these paired cultures. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of all blood cultures performed for neonates in a children's hospital. Clinically significant pathogens were defined as microorganisms that rarely are considered to be contaminants, that were recovered from multiple blood cultures or sites, or were considered significant according to the patient's attending physician. The chart of every patient with positive culture results was reviewed for patient characteristics. RESULTS A total of 662 culture sets among 403 patients were obtained between November 1, 2013, and April 30, 2015. A clinically significant organism was isolated from 64 (9.7%) culture sets from 25 patients (1.9% contamination rate). A total of 56 organisms were isolated; 35 (62.5%) grew from both the aerobic and anaerobic bottles, 19 (33.9%) grew from the anaerobic bottle alone, and 2 (3.6%) grew from the aerobic bottle alone. One (0.2%) obligate anaerobic bacterium (Clostridium symbiosum) was identified. CONCLUSIONS Although the incidence of anaerobic bacteremia in neonates is rare, anaerobic culture remains important in this population, given the increased yield of both aerobic and facultative anaerobic organisms isolated from anaerobic blood culture bottles.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
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Bhowmick T, Varughese TA, Arakali S, Boruchoff SE. Do Positive Anaerobic Culture Results Affect Physicians' Clinical Management Decisions? Open Forum Infect Dis 2017; 4:ofw236. [PMID: 28480235 PMCID: PMC5414098 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2016] [Revised: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Aerobic and anaerobic cultures from body fluids, abscesses, and wounds are ordered routinely. Prior studies have shown that the results of anaerobic blood cultures do not frequently lead to changes in patient management. Methods We performed a retrospective chart review to determine whether positive results of anaerobic tissue and fluid cultures (excluding blood) affect physicians’ treatment approaches. Of 3234 anaerobic cultures, 174 unique patient admissions had positive cultures and met inclusion criteria. Results Only 18% (n = 31) of patient charts with positive cultures had documented physician acknowledgment (90.3% of acknowledgments by infectious diseases physicians), with 9% (n = 15) leading to change in antibiotic regimens based on results. Seventy percent of all patients received initial empiric antibiotics active against anaerobes. Of the remaining 30% (inappropriate, unknown, or no empiric coverage), 1 regimen change was documented after culture results were known. Conclusions Given the lack of management change based on results of anaerobic wound cultures, the value of routine anaerobic culturing is of questionable utility.
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- Tanaya Bhowmick
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Judicious utilization of healthcare resources: reducing unindicated pediatric anaerobic blood cultures in a pediatric hospital. J Healthc Qual 2016; 37:199-204; quiz 204-5. [PMID: 26042628 DOI: 10.1097/01.jhq.0000462897.11646.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The decline in anaerobic infections in the past 15 years has resulted in healthcare professionals questioning the need for routine anaerobic blood cultures. In this study, we extracted baseline aerobic and anaerobic blood culture rates over the past 10 years (2001-2010) from our pediatric wards. A questionnaire survey of doctors was conducted to gather their views regarding anaerobic blood cultures. Interventions such as physician education were introduced over 6 months to reduce unindicated anaerobic blood cultures. Furthermore, the rates of blood cultures were tracked over time after intervention. Before intervention, 85% of doctors surveyed routinely ordered anaerobic blood cultures, 90% were unaware of any guidelines for anaerobic blood cultures, and 100% were unaware of the costs. The combination of physician education and restrictive interventions resulted in an 80% reduction in the number of anaerobic blood cultures performed and processed, which translated into savings of USD $2,883 per week, with projected savings of USD $145,560 annually.
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Identification of bloodstream infections is among the most critical tasks performed by the clinical microbiology laboratory. While the criteria for achieving an adequate blood culture specimen in adults have been well described, there is much more ambiguity in pediatric populations. This minireview focuses on the available pediatric literature pertaining to the collection of an optimal blood culture specimen, including timing, volume, and bottle selection, as well as rapid diagnostic approaches and their role in the management of pediatric bloodstream infections.
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Evaluation of an intervention to improve blood culture practices: a cluster randomised trial. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2014; 33:2207-13. [PMID: 24981390 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-014-2154-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This study aimed to evaluate an intervention to improve blood culture practices. A cluster randomised trial in two parallel groups was performed at the Grenoble University Hospital, France. In October 2009, the results of a practices audit and the guidelines for the optimal use of blood cultures were disseminated to clinical departments. We compared two types of information dissemination: simple presentation or presentation associated with an infectious diseases (ID) specialist intervention. The principal endpoint was blood culture performance measured by the rate of patients having one positive blood culture and the rate of positive blood cultures. The cases of 130 patients in the "ID" group and 119 patients in the "simple presentation" group were audited during the second audit in April 2010. The rate of patients with one positive blood culture increased in both groups (13.62 % vs 9.89 % for the ID group, p = 0.002, 15.90 % vs 13.47 % for the simple presentation group, p = 0.009). The rate of positive blood cultures improved in both groups (6.68 % vs 5.96 % for the ID group, p = 0.003, 6.52 % vs 6.21 % for the simple presentation group, p = 0.017). The blood culture indication was significantly less often specified in the request form in the simple presentation group, while it remained stable in the ID group (p = 0.04). The rate of positive blood cultures and the rate of patients having one positive blood culture improved in both groups. The ID specialist intervention did not have more of an impact on practices than a simple presentation of audit feedback and guidelines.
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Song SA, Kim JH, Shin JH, Kim SH, Lee NY, Kim MN, Kim S. Clinical Usefulness of Routine Use of Anaerobic Blood Culture Bottle. ANNALS OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2014. [DOI: 10.5145/acm.2014.17.2.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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- Sae Am Song
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
- Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
- Paik Institute for Clinical Research, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Korea
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Shoji K, Komuro H, Watanabe Y, Miyairi I. The utility of anaerobic blood culture in detecting facultative anaerobic bacteremia in children. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2013; 76:409-12. [PMID: 23747032 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2013] [Revised: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Routine anaerobic blood culture is not recommended in children because obligate anaerobic bacteremia is rare in the pediatric population. However, a number of facultative anaerobic bacteria can cause community and hospital acquired infections in children and the utility of anaerobic blood culture for detection of these organisms is still unclear. We conducted a retrospective analysis of all blood culture samples (n = 24,356) at a children's hospital in Japan from October 2009 to June 2012. Among the samples that had paired aerobic and anaerobic blood cultures, 717 samples were considered clinically significant with 418 (58%) organisms detected from both aerobic and anaerobic cultures, 167 (23%) detected only from aerobic culture and 132 (18%) detected only from anaerobic culture. While most facultative anaerobes were detectable by aerobic culture, over 25% of Enterobacteriaceae and 15% of Staphylococcus sp. were detected from anaerobic cultures bottles only, suggesting its potential role in selected settings.
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- Kensuke Shoji
- Department of Medical Subspecialties, Division of Infectious Diseases, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
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García-Sánchez JE, García-Sánchez E, Martín-Del-Rey Á, García-Merino E. [Anaerobic bacteria 150 years after their discovery by Pasteur]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2013; 33:119-28. [PMID: 23648369 DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2013.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Revised: 03/07/2013] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In 2011 we celebrated the 150th anniversary of the discovery of anaerobic bacteria by Louis Pasteur. The interest of the biomedical community on such bacteria is still maintained, and is particularly focused on Clostridium difficile. In the past few years important advances in taxonomy have been made due to the genetic, technological and computing developments. Thus, a significant number of new species related to human infections have been characterised, and some already known have been reclassified. At pathogenic level some specimens of anaerobic microflora, that had not been isolated from human infections, have been now isolated in some clinical conditions. There was emergence (or re-emergence) of some species and clinical conditions. Certain anaerobic bacteria have been associated with established infectious syndromes. The virulence of certain strains has increased, and some hypotheses on their participation in certain diseases have been given. In terms of diagnosis, the routine use of MALDI-TOF has led to a shortening of time and a cost reduction in the identification, with an improvement directly related to the improvement of data bases. The application of real-time PCR has been another major progress, and the sequencing of 16srRNA gene and others is currently a reality for several laboratories. Anaerobes have increased their resistance to antimicrobial agents, and the emergence of resistance to carbapenems and metronidazole, and multi-resistance is a current reality. In this situation, linezolid could be an effective alternative for Bacteroides. Fidaxomicin is the only anti-anaerobic agent introduced in the recent years, specifically for the diarrhoea caused by C.difficile. Moreover, some mathematical models have also been proposed in relation with this species.
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- José Elías García-Sánchez
- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Salud Pública y Microbiología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Salud Pública y Microbiología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, España
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- Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Ávila, Universidad de Salamanca, Ávila, España
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- Departamento de Salud, Instituto de Educación Secundaria Ramón y Cajal, Valladolid, España
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Urbán E. Five-year retrospective epidemiological survey of anaerobic bacteraemia in a university hospital and rewiew of the literature. Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp) 2012; 2:140-7. [PMID: 24672683 DOI: 10.1556/eujmi.2.2012.2.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2012] [Accepted: 04/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In spite of the developments in microbiological methods, blood cultures remain the cornerstone for the diagnosis of bacteraemia. Classically, minimum of two bottles are collected on a routine basis: an aerobic bottle, allowing preferential growth of aerobic and facultative anaerobic microorganisms, and an anaerobic bottle, providing suitable environment for strict anaerobic bacteria. Recent reports have documented a decrease in anaerobic bacteraemias and have questioned the need for routine anaerobic blood cultures. Bacteraemia due to anaerobic organisms occurs in 0.5-12% of blood cultures worldwide; however, recent studies from Europe and the USA presented inconsistent data regarding the prevalence of anaerobic bacteraemias between 1993 and 2006. The aims of this retrospective survey were to determine the prevalence of bacteraemias due to anaerobic bacteria and evaluate the importance of anaerobic blood cultures in a university hospital in Szeged, Hungary. We examined the occurrence of bacteraemias due to anaerobic bacteria during a 5-year period, from January 2005 to 2009, in order to identify current trends of anaerobic bacteraemias in our university.
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- E Urbán
- Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged Szeged Hungary
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Lazarovitch T, Freimann S, Shapira G, Blank H. Decrease in anaerobe-related bacteraemias and increase in Bacteroides species isolation rate from 1998 to 2007: A retrospective study. Anaerobe 2010; 16:201-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2009] [Revised: 09/01/2009] [Accepted: 09/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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[Anaerobic bloodstream infections: study of 68 episodes]. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin 2009; 28:144-9. [PMID: 19683837 DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2009.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2008] [Revised: 03/16/2009] [Accepted: 03/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION There is some controversy regarding the current rates of anaerobic bacteremia. Some authors have described an increasing incidence in recent years, whereas others report declining rates. There is even debate over whether to routinely perform anaerobic blood cultures. We present a prospective analysis of anaerobic bloodstream infections diagnosed at our medical center from January 2003 to May 2008. RESULTS Sixty-eight patients had bloodstream infection caused exclusively by anaerobic bacteria. Median age was 64+/-19 years and 63.2% had at least one comorbid condition, including 20.6% with a solid neoplasm, often related to the gastrointestinal tract. The main focus of anaerobic bacteremia was the abdomen (42.6%). The most common isolates were several species from the Bacteroides fragilis group (36.7%), Clostridium spp. (17.6%), Peptostreptococcus spp. (16.1%), and Prevotella spp. (16.1%). Empirical antimicrobial treatment was adequate in 69.1%. Overall mortality was 23.5%, and bacteremia-related mortality was 9.2%. Sepsis, septic shock, and a Pitt score >4 were independent predictors of mortality. CONCLUSIONS The incidence of anaerobic bacteremia in our hospital was 0.89 cases per 1000 hospital admissions. Patients at high risk were elderly persons with associated underlying diseases including malignant disease. Mortality was high.
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[Usefulness of anaerobic vial in the diagnosis of bacteremia or fungemia]. Med Clin (Barc) 2009; 132:743-5. [PMID: 19386331 DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2009.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2009] [Accepted: 02/03/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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