University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Sep;77(1):37-40. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.05.019. Epub 2013 Jul 16.
A commercially available, fully automated yeast susceptibility test system (Vitek 2; bioMérieux, Marcy d'Etoile, France) was compared in 3 different laboratories with the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) reference microdilution (BMD) method by testing 2 quality control strains, 10 reproducibility strains, and 425 isolates of Candida spp. against fluconazole and voriconazole. Reference CLSI BMD MIC endpoints and Vitek 2 MIC endpoints were read after 24 hours and 9.1-27.1 hours incubation, respectively. Excellent essential agreement (within 2 dilutions) between the reference and Vitek 2 MICs was observed for fluconazole (97.9%) and voriconazole (96.7%). Categorical agreement (CA) between the 2 methods was assessed using the new species-specific clinical breakpoints (CBPs): susceptible (S) ≤2 μg/mL, susceptible dose-dependent (SDD) 4 μg/mL, and resistant (R) ≥8 μg/mL for fluconazole and Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, and Candida parapsilosis and ≤32 μg/mL (SDD), ≥64 μg/mL (R) for Candida glabrata; S ≤0.12 μg/mL, SDD 0.25-0.5 μg/mL, R ≥1 μg/mL for voriconazole and C. albicans, C. tropicalis, and C. parapsilosis, and ≤0.5 μg/mL (S), 1 μg/mL (SDD), ≥2 μg/mL (R) for Candida krusei. The epidemiological cutoff value (ECV) of 0.5 μg/mL for voriconazole and C. glabrata was used to differentiate wild-type (WT; MIC ≤ ECV) from non-WT (MIC > ECV) strains of this species. Due to the lack of CBPs for the less common species, the ECVs for fluconazole and voriconazole, respectively, were used for Candida lusitaniae (2 μg/mL and 0.03 μg/mL), Candida dubliniensis (0.5 μg/mL and 0.03 μg/mL), Candida guilliermondii (8 μg/mL and 0.25 μg/mL), and Candida pelliculosa (4 μg/mL and 0.25 μg/mL) to categorize isolates of these species as WT and non-WT. CA between the 2 methods was 96.8% for fluconazole and 96.5% for voriconazole with less than 1% very major errors and 1.3-3.0% major errors. The Vitek 2 yeast susceptibility system remains comparable to the CLSI BMD reference method for testing the susceptibility of Candida spp. when using the new (lower) CBPs and ECVs.
一种市售的全自动酵母药敏测试系统(Vitek 2;生物梅里埃,马西德埃托伊尔,法国)在 3 个不同的实验室中与临床和实验室标准协会(CLSI)参考微量稀释(BMD)方法进行了比较,使用 2 种质控菌株、10 种重现性菌株和 425 株念珠菌属。对氟康唑和伏立康唑进行测试。参考 CLSI BMD MIC 终点和 Vitek 2 MIC 终点分别在 24 小时和 9.1-27.1 小时孵育后读取。观察到氟康唑(97.9%)和伏立康唑(96.7%)参考和 Vitek 2 MIC 之间具有极好的基本一致性(相差 2 个稀释度)。使用新的种特异性临床折点(CBP)评估 2 种方法的分类一致性(CA):氟康唑对白色念珠菌、热带念珠菌和近平滑念珠菌的敏感(S)≤2μg/mL,敏感剂量依赖性(SDD)4μg/mL,耐药(R)≥8μg/mL,而对光滑念珠菌的敏感(S)≤32μg/mL(SDD),耐药(R)≥64μg/mL;伏立康唑对白色念珠菌、热带念珠菌和近平滑念珠菌的敏感(S)≤0.12μg/mL,敏感剂量依赖性(SDD)0.25-0.5μg/mL,耐药(R)≥1μg/mL,而对克柔念珠菌的敏感(S)≤0.5μg/mL(SDD),耐药(R)≥1μg/mL。氟康唑和克柔念珠菌的 0.5μg/mL 为伏立康唑的流行病学截断值(ECV),用于区分野生型(WT;MIC≤ECV)和非野生型(MIC>ECV)菌株。由于缺乏较少见物种的 CBP,因此分别使用氟康唑和伏立康唑的 ECV 来对葡萄牙念珠菌(2μg/mL 和 0.03μg/mL)、都柏林念珠菌(0.5μg/mL 和 0.03μg/mL)、季也蒙念珠菌(8μg/mL 和 0.25μg/mL)和pelliculosa 念珠菌(4μg/mL 和 0.25μg/mL)进行分类,将这些物种的分离物归类为 WT 和非 WT。氟康唑的 CA 为 96.8%,伏立康唑的 CA 为 96.5%,小于 1%的非常大误差和 1.3-3.0%的大误差。当使用新的(较低)CBP 和 ECV 时,Vitek 2 酵母药敏系统仍然可以与 CLSI BMD 参考方法相媲美,用于测试念珠菌属的药敏性。