Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Department of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2022 Feb;102(2):115593. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2021.115593. Epub 2021 Nov 7.
We evaluated the diagnostic performances of 2 media (BCYE, MWY) on 951 Legionella-positive hospital water samples. MWY allowed detecting Legionella in 89.2% of samples, but in 10.8% (103/951) Legionella was found on BCYE plates only. In samples where Legionella was isolated with other microorganisms (663/951), MWY was essential to detect the majority of positive samples (349/663, 52.6%), as fewer plates resulted unreadable; however, in those containing Legionella only, a higher frequency of positive samples was recorded with BCYE (94.8%, 273/288) compared to MWY (85.1%, 245/288). Considering the 484 concordant positive samples, overall Legionella counts were significantly higher on BCYE (P = 0.0029), with 47% of samples showing higher counts on BCYE compared to MWY plates. Furthermore, discordant samples (positive on only one medium) showed different relative proportions between Legionella pneumophila and non-pneumophila, the latter being found more frequently on BCYE only (P = 0.0296).Our findings confirm the appropriateness of the ISO 11731:2017 update.
我们评估了 2 种培养基(BCYE、MWY)在 951 份 Legionella 阳性医院水样中的诊断性能。MWY 允许在 89.2%的样本中检测到 Legionella,但在 10.8%(103/951)的样本中仅在 BCYE 平板上发现 Legionella。在与其他微生物分离 Legionella 的样本中(663/951),MWY 对于检测大多数阳性样本至关重要(349/663,52.6%),因为较少的平板变得不可读;然而,在仅含有 Legionella 的样本中,BCYE 记录的阳性样本频率更高(94.8%,273/288),而 MWY 为 85.1%(245/288)。考虑到 484 个一致的阳性样本,BCYE 上的总 Legionella 计数明显更高(P=0.0029),与 MWY 平板相比,有 47%的样本显示 BCYE 上的计数更高。此外,不一致的样本(仅在一种培养基上呈阳性)显示出嗜肺军团菌和非嗜肺军团菌之间不同的相对比例,后者仅在 BCYE 上更频繁地发现(P=0.0296)。我们的发现证实了 ISO 11731:2017 更新的适当性。