Katarina Niward1, Kristian Ängeby2, Erja Chryssanthou3, Jakob Paues1, Judith Bruchfeld4, Pontus Jureen5, Christian G Giske3, Gunnar Kahlmeter6, Thomas Schön7. 1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden Department of Clinical and Experimental medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. 2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Microbiology, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. 3. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. 4. Unit of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden. 5. The Public Health Agency of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden. 6. Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden Department of Clinical Microbiology, Växjö Hospital, Växjö, Sweden. 7. Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Kalmar County Hospital, Kalmar, Sweden Department of Medical microbiology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden tschon@hotmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are important in the treatment of MDR-TB and in the definition of XDR-TB. Our objective was to investigate how discrepancies in the phenotypic and genotypic methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing could affect the interpretation of antimicrobial susceptibility test results. METHODS: We analysed MICs of ofloxacin and levofloxacin in Middlebrook 7H10 broth (7H10) as well as sequencing of the quinolone resistance-determining region of the gyrA gene and the MTBDRsl assay in 75 resistant isolates, including MDR and XDR strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. RESULTS: Among 75 resistant isolates, 27 had mutations associated with FQ resistance. Among isolates with resistance mutations in gyrA, 26% (seven of 27) were susceptible to levofloxacin and ofloxacin by phenotypic testing at 1 mg/L and 2 mg/L. The most common mutation was in codon 94 and these isolates had significantly increased MICs of levofloxacin (2-8 mg/L) compared with isolates with mutations in codon 90 (0.25-2 mg/L, P < 0.05). The sensitivity and specificity for the MTBDRsl assay compared with gyrA sequencing were 96% and 98%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Current critical concentrations may classify up to 26% of isolates with gyrA mutations as susceptible to FQs due to a close relationship between susceptible and resistant populations. These results should be considered while improving clinical breakpoints for M. tuberculosis and may have an impact on the definition of XDR-TB.
OBJECTIVES:Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are important in the treatment of MDR-TB and in the definition of XDR-TB. Our objective was to investigate how discrepancies in the phenotypic and genotypic methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing could affect the interpretation of antimicrobial susceptibility test results. METHODS: We analysed MICs of ofloxacin and levofloxacin in Middlebrook 7H10 broth (7H10) as well as sequencing of the quinolone resistance-determining region of the gyrA gene and the MTBDRsl assay in 75 resistant isolates, including MDR and XDR strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. RESULTS: Among 75 resistant isolates, 27 had mutations associated with FQ resistance. Among isolates with resistance mutations in gyrA, 26% (seven of 27) were susceptible to levofloxacin and ofloxacin by phenotypic testing at 1 mg/L and 2 mg/L. The most common mutation was in codon 94 and these isolates had significantly increased MICs of levofloxacin (2-8 mg/L) compared with isolates with mutations in codon 90 (0.25-2 mg/L, P < 0.05). The sensitivity and specificity for the MTBDRsl assay compared with gyrA sequencing were 96% and 98%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Current critical concentrations may classify up to 26% of isolates with gyrA mutations as susceptible to FQs due to a close relationship between susceptible and resistant populations. These results should be considered while improving clinical breakpoints for M. tuberculosis and may have an impact on the definition of XDR-TB.
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