Multisite Evaluation of Cepheid Xpert Carba-R Assay for Detection of Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms in Rectal Swabs.

Authors

M Tato
P Ruiz-Garbajosa
R Humphries
J Hindler
J Veltman
H Wang, New York Medical College
R Cantón

Author Type(s)

Student

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2016

Abstract

Rapid identification of patients who are colonized with carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPO) is included in multiple national guidelines for containment of these organisms. In a multisite study, we evaluated the performance of the Cepheid Xpert Carba-R assay, a qualitative diagnostic test that was designed for the rapid detection and differentiation of the blaKPC, blaNDM, blaVIM, blaOXA-48, and blaIMP-1 genes from rectal swab specimens. A double rectal swab set was collected from 383 patients admitted at four institutions (2 in the United States, 1 in the United Kingdom, 1 in Spain). One swab was used for reference culture (MacConkey broth containing 1 mg/liter of meropenem and subcultured to a MacConkey agar plate with a 10-μg meropenem disk) and for sequencing of DNA obtained from carbapenem-nonsusceptible isolates for carbapenemase identification. The other swab was used for the Xpert Carba-R assay. In addition to the clinical rectal swabs, 250 contrived specimens (108 well-characterized CPO and 142 negative controls spiked onto negative rectal swabs) were tested. Overall, 149/633 (23.5%) samples were positive by the Xpert Carba-R assay. In 6 samples, multiple targets were detected (4 VIM/OXA-48, 1 IMP-1/NDM, and 1 NDM/KPC). The Xpert Carba-R assay detected 155 targets (26 IMP-1, 30 VIM, 27 NDM, 33 KPC, 39 OXA-48) within a time range of 32 to 48 min. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of the Xpert Carba-R assay compared to those of the reference culture and sequencing results were 96.6% (95% confidence interval [CI], 92.2% to 98.9%), 98.6% (95% CI, 97.1% to 99.4%), 95.3%, and 99.0%, respectively. The Cepheid Xpert Carba-R assay is an accurate and rapid test to identify rectal colonization with CPO, which can guide infection control programs to limit the spread of these organisms.

Comments

Please see the work itself for the complete list of authors.

Recommended Citation

Tato, M., Ruiz-Garbajosa, P., Traczewski, M., Dodgson, A., McEwan, A., Humphries, R., . . . Canton, R. (2016). Multisite evaluation of cepheid xpert carba-R assay for detection of carbapenemase-producing organisms in rectal swabs. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 54(7), 1814-1819. doi:10.1128/JCM.00341-16 [doi]

Publisher's Statement

Originally published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Licensed under CC-BY 4.0. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00341-16