Rapid detection of Enterococcus spp. direct from blood culture bottles using Enterococcus QuickFISH method: a multicenter investigation.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-1-2014
Abstract
The performance of a diagnostic method for detection and identification of Enterococcus spp. directly from positive blood culture was evaluated in a clinical study. The method, Enterococcus QuickFISH BC, is a second-generation peptide nucleic acid (PNA) fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) test, which uses a simplified, faster assay procedure. The test uses fluorescently labeled PNA probes targeting 16S rRNA to differentiate Enterococcus faecalis from other Enterococcus spp. by the color of the cellular fluorescence. Three hundred fifty-six routine blood culture samples were tested; only 2 discordant results were recorded. The sensitivities for detection of Enterococcus faecalis and non-faecalis Enterococcus were 100% (106/106) and 97.0% (65/67), respectively, and the combined specificity of the assay was 100%. The combined positive and negative predictive values of the assay were 100% (171/171) and 98.9% (185/187), respectively.
Volume
78
Issue
4
First Page
338
Last Page
342
ISSN
1879-0070
Published In/Presented At
Deck, M. K., Anderson, E. S., Buckner, R. J., Colasante, G., Davis, T. E., Coull, J. M., Crystal, B., Latta, P. D., Fuchs, M., Fuller, D., Harris, W., Hazen, K., Klimas, L. L., Lindao, D., Meltzer, M. C., Morgan, M., Shepard, J., Stevens, S., Wu, F., & Fiandaca, M. J. (2014). Rapid detection of Enterococcus spp. direct from blood culture bottles using Enterococcus QuickFISH method: a multicenter investigation. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 78(4), 338–342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.12.004
Disciplines
Medical Microbiology | Medical Molecular Biology
PubMedID
24439447
Department(s)
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Document Type
Article