How to: EUCAST recommendations on the screening procedure E.Def 10.1 for the detection of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus isolates using four-well azole-containing agar plates.

Guinea, J; Verweij, P E; Meletiadis, J; Mouton, J W; Barchiesi, F; Arendrup, M C (2019). How to: EUCAST recommendations on the screening procedure E.Def 10.1 for the detection of azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus isolates using four-well azole-containing agar plates. Clinical microbiology and infection, 25(6), pp. 681-687. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.09.008

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BACKGROUND

The emergence of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus isolates is a matter of significant concern in Europe, with countries reporting resistance rates (which can be as high as 30%) in hospitalized patients. Consequently, the treatment guidelines in The Netherlands, the country with the highest documented prevalence of azole-resistant A. fumigatus, has just been revised to now recommend initial therapy with combination therapy until the susceptibility pattern is known. Therefore, susceptibility testing of clinically relevant isolates has been strongly recommended in the ESCMID-EFISG aspergillosis guidelines. Furthermore, mixed azole-susceptible and azole-resistant (isogenic as well as non-isogenic) infections have been reported to occur, which implies that colonies of clinical cultures may harbour various phenotypes of azole susceptibility.

OBJECTIVES

The EUCAST-AFST (European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Subcommittee on Antifungal Susceptibility Testing) has released a new screening method document (E.Def 10.1) for the detection of azole-resistant A. fumigatus isolates and updated the QC tables for antifungal susceptibility testing with associated QC endpoints. This review described in detail how to perform the screening test.

SOURCES

This "How to document" is based on the EUCAST azole agar screening method document E.Def 10.1 and the QC tables for antifungal susceptibility testing document, v 2.0 (available at http://www.eucast.org/ast_of_fungi/qcafsttables/) CONTENTS: The method is based on the inoculation of azole-containing and azole-free agars and visual determination of fungal growth after one and two days of incubation. It can easily be implemented in routine laboratories of clinical microbiology and has been validated for simultaneous testing of up to five A. fumigatus colonies using itraconazole and voriconazole (mandatory), and posaconazole (optional).

IMPLICATIONS

This easy-to-use screening procedure for the detection of azole resistance in clinical A. fumigatus isolates will allow rapid testing in the daily routine of the microbiology laboratory and thus facilitate earlier appropriate therapy.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Review Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute for Infectious Diseases > Parasitology

ISSN:

1469-0691

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Konrad Mühlethaler-Ruckstuhl

Date Deposited:

20 Feb 2019 11:09

Last Modified:

23 Oct 2019 15:14

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.cmi.2018.09.008

PubMed ID:

30268672

Additional Information:

K. Muehlethaler is collaborator of the Subcommittee on Antifungal Susceptibility Testing (AFST) of the ESCMID European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST)

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Agar-plate screening Aspergillus fumigatus Azole-resistance EUCAST E.Def 10.1 Screening

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.125080

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/125080

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