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BACKGROUND: Implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programmes improve antimicrobial therapies and thus result in better patient outcomes and safety. The impact of prospective audit and feedback (PAF) is likely dependent on how frequently it is conducted, and how quickly after antibiotic prescription it is initiated. To our knowledge, however, no report has yet investigated the impact of an increase in monitoring frequency per day on PAF strategy. Here, we evaluated the clinical impact of an increase in monitoring frequency per day as a PAF strategy in patients receiving antimicrobial injections. METHODS: We conducted a single-centre, retrospective observational pre-post study to evaluate the impact of increasing the frequency of monitoring from once daily (once daily review group) to twice daily (twice daily review group). Time to intervention and clinical outcomes were compared before and after implementation of twice daily review. RESULTS: Time to intervention for inappropriate antimicrobial therapy was significantly shorter in the twice daily review group than the once daily review group (5.1 ± 6.1 hours vs 29.9 ± 21.5 hours, HR: 4.53, 95% CI: 2.90-7.07, P < .001). The twice daily review group had a significantly lower rate of clinical failure (16.2% vs 38.3%, P = .004) and hepatotoxicity (4.1% vs 15.0%, P = .035) than the once daily review group. CONCLUSIONS: An increase in monitoring frequency from once daily to twice daily significantly shortened the time to intervention for inappropriate antimicrobial therapy, with a concomitant reduction in clinical failure and hepatotoxicity.
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Anti-Infecciosos , Gestão de Antimicrobianos , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Retroalimentação , Humanos , Estudos Prospectivos , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The use of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry is gradually spreading among large-scale laboratories; however, this method is impractical for small-scale laboratories. In laboratories without access to these rapid identification methods, problems related to them remain unsolved. In this study, we aimed to develop a rapid and inexpensive method to presumptively identify Enterobacterales using CHROMagar Orientation medium. METHODS: The algorithm for presumptive identification of Enterobacteriaceae using CHROMagar Orientation medium was based on our previous studies. Modified property tests for indole, lysine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, and hydrogen sulfide were performed to evaluate the differentiation of the bacterial species. RESULTS: Using the type strains and clinical isolates, it was possible to conduct the property tests at a low cost, within 4 hours. The spot indole test was performed without any nonspecific reactions for the bacteria forming colored colonies. The presumptive identification of bacteria was thereby possible within 24 hours after specimen submission. CONCLUSION: All these results suggest that the rapid presumptive identification of Enterobacterales is possible with this new identification method using CHROMagar Orientation medium. This is therefore a prompt and economical method that can be used in routine laboratory work.
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Técnicas Bacteriológicas/métodos , Enterobacteriaceae/isolamento & purificação , Carboxiliases/química , Meios de Cultura , Humanos , Sulfeto de Hidrogênio/química , Indóis/química , Ornitina Descarboxilase/química , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has the potential to permit early organism identification and optimization of antibiotic therapy. However, MALDI-TOF MS combined with antimicrobial stewardship is available at only a limited number of institutions. Here, we evaluated the clinical impact of implementing MALDI-TOF MS combined with antimicrobial stewardship intervention in patients with bloodstream infections. METHODS: We conducted a single-centre, prospective cohort study to evaluate the clinical impact of implementing MALDI-TOF MS combined with antimicrobial stewardship intervention in patients with bloodstream infections. Processes and clinical outcomes in patients with bloodstream infections were compared before and after implementation of MALDI-TOF MS. RESULTS: Compared with the conventional identification method, MALDI-TOF MS combined with antimicrobial stewardship intervention significantly decreased the time to organism identification (48.6 ± 46.0 hours vs 78.1 ± 38.9 hours, P < 0.001), effective antimicrobial therapy (12.9 ± 19.0 hours vs 26.2 ± 44.8 hours, P < 0.001) and optimal antimicrobial therapy (53.3 ± 55.0 hours vs 91.7 ± 88.7 hours, P < 0.001. Moreover, the rate of clinical failure (14.0% vs 33.3%, P < 0.001) and incidence of adverse events (7.5% vs 23.9%, P < 0.001) was lower in the MALDI-TOF MS group than in the conventional identification group. A multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis indicated that implementation of MALDI-TOF MS was a protective factor against clinical failure in patients with bloodstream infections (hazard ratio, 0.61; 95% confidence interval, 0.38-0.99; P = 0.047). CONCLUSIONS: Implementation of the MALDI-TOF MS combined with antimicrobial stewardship intervention facilitated early optimization of antimicrobial therapy with a remarkable concomitant reduction in clinical failure and adverse events in patients with bloodstream infections.
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Gestão de Antimicrobianos/métodos , Bacteriemia/tratamento farmacológico , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização e Dessorção a Laser Assistida por Matriz/métodos , Idoso , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Anti-Infecciosos/uso terapêutico , Bacteriemia/diagnóstico , Diagnóstico Precoce , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Prospectivos , Centros de Atenção Terciária , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The standard duration of administration of antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery and non-surgical invasive therapy was shortened according to the promotion of appropriate use. Here, we conducted an intervention to optimise antimicrobial prophylaxis by revising all relevant clinical pathways based on the most recent guidelines. METHODS: We conducted a single-centre, prospective cohort study in patients who received antimicrobial prophylaxis to evaluate outcomes following revision of the clinical pathways for antimicrobial prophylaxis. Antibiotic consumption and the duration of antibiotic administration were compared before and after revising the clinical pathways. RESULTS: Thirty-five of 171 clinical pathways were considered inappropriate for antimicrobial use and were optimised. After this revision, the duration of antibiotic administration was significantly shortened (before revision: 3 [1-5] days vs after revision: 2 [1-3] days, median [interquartile range], P < 0.001). The rate of discontinuation of antibiotics within 48 h after surgery or non-surgical invasive therapy was significantly higher after the revision (62.4% vs 81.8%, P < 0.001). In contrast, the incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) was not significantly different before and after the revision (5.7% vs 4.3%, P = 0.177). A multivariate Cox proportional analysis indicated that revision of the clinical pathways was one of the prognostic factors associated with the discontinuation of antibiotics within 48 h after surgery or non-surgical invasive therapy (hazard ratio, 0.69; 95% confidence interval, 0.63-0.76, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that revising all relevant clinical pathways was highly effective in reducing antibiotic consumption and shortening the antibiotic administration period without increasing the incidence of SSIs.
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Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) is an infectious disease requiring special attention. It is a common cause of nosocomial infections; catheter insertion into the central veins particularly increases the risk of infection (CLA-BSI: central line-associated bloodstream infection). We examined the relationship between the number of bacterial colonies cultured from shredded central venous catheter (CVC) tips and from blood cultures in our hospital from 2011 to 2012. Coagulase-negative staphylococci topped the list of microbe isolated from the CVC tip culture, followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Candida spp. S. aureus and Candida spp., with growth of over 15 colony-forming units in the CVC tip culture, were also detected at high rates in the blood culture. However, gramnegative bacilli (Enterobacteriaceae and P. aeruginosa) did not show a similar increase in colony number in the CVC tip culture. Because microbes adhering to shredded catheter tips are readily detected by culture, this method is useful as a routine diagnostic test. In addition, prompt clinical reporting of the bacterial number of serious CLA-BSI-causing S. aureus and Candida spp. isolated from CVC tips could contribute to earlier CLA-BSI diagnosis.
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Carga Bacteriana , Sangue/microbiologia , Cateterismo Venoso Central/efeitos adversos , Cateterismo Venoso Central/instrumentação , Sepse/etiologia , Candida/isolamento & purificação , Infecção Hospitalar/etiologia , Humanos , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/isolamento & purificação , Estudos Retrospectivos , Staphylococcus aureus/isolamento & purificaçãoRESUMO
Peptostreptococcus porci is a recently described bacterium belonging to the Peptostreptococcaceae family, which was isolated in 2016 from pig intestine. Herein, we report the complete genome sequence of a clinical isolate of P. porci (GAI11004) obtained from porcine endocarditis in Japan. The genome contains a 2.4-Mb circular chromosome.
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We report the first case of necrotizing fasciitis caused by Pigmentibacter ruber. The isolated strain could not be identified by biochemical characterization or matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry but was identified as P. ruber by 16S ribosomal RNA and whole-genome sequencing. Although much remains unknown about the pathogenicity of this bacterial species in humans, it has been shown to cause life-threatening infections such as septicemia and necrotizing fasciitis. Because the isolate was highly resistant to ß-lactams, it was difficult to treat with antimicrobial therapy. Thus, further documentation of cases and analyses are required.
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Antibacterianos , Fasciite Necrosante , RNA Ribossômico 16S , Sepse , Fasciite Necrosante/microbiologia , Fasciite Necrosante/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Sepse/microbiologia , Sepse/tratamento farmacológico , RNA Ribossômico 16S/genética , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Masculino , Sequenciamento Completo do Genoma , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , DNA Bacteriano/genética , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização e Dessorção a Laser Assistida por Matriz , FemininoRESUMO
Pigmentibacter ruber is a newly described bacterium belonging to the Silvanigrellaceae family that was isolated from human blood in 2021. We report the complete genome sequence of a clinical isolate of P. ruber (GTC16762) obtained from a human patient in Japan. Its genome contains a 3.6-Mb chromosome and three circular plasmids.
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A 91-year-old dog-owning woman with a history of hypertension and femoral neck fracture consulted our hospital with fever and femur pain with redness. Laboratory test results showed leukocytosis with 85% neutrophils and high values of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin. In addition, growth of Gram-positive streptococcus was observed in two independent blood culture sets. The isolated bacterium was identified as Streptococcus canis on the basis of biochemical properties and sequencing analyses of the 16S rRNA gene. The patient recovered completely without critical illness following prompt antimicrobial treatment with ceftriaxone. S. canis, a ß-hemolytic Lancefield group G streptococcus, is in general isolated from various animal sources, but its isolation from a human clinical sample is extremely rare. Since ß-hemolytic streptococci can cause severe infectious diseases such as necrotizing fasciitis, it is absolutely necessary to start antimicrobial treatment immediately. It is necessary to identify pathogenic bacteria carefully and to obtain information on a patient's background, including history of contact with an animal, when S. canis is isolated.