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Evaluation of Piperacillin-Tazobactam Testing against Enterobacterales by the Phoenix, MicroScan, and Vitek2 Tests Using Updated Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Breakpoints.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2023 Februrary 23
In 2022, the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) updated piperacillin-tazobactam (TZP) breakpoints for Enterobacterales , based on substantial data suggesting that historical breakpoints did not predict treatment outcomes for TZP. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet adopted these breakpoints, meaning commercial manufacturers of antimicrobial susceptibility testing devices cannot obtain FDA clearance for the revised breakpoints. We evaluated the Phoenix (BD, Sparks, MD), MicroScan (Beckman Coulter, Sacramento, CA), and Vitek2 (bioMérieux, Durham, NC) TZP MICs compared to reference broth microdilution for a collection of 284 Enterobacterales isolates. Phoenix ( n = 167 isolates) demonstrated 84.4% categorical agreement (CA), with 4.2% very major errors (VMEs) and 1.8% major errors (MEs) by CLSI breakpoints. In contrast, CA was 85.0% with 4.3% VMEs and 0.8% MEs for the Phoenix with FDA breakpoints. MicroScan ( n = 55 isolates) demonstrated 80.0% CA, 36.4% VMEs, and 4.8% MEs by CLSI breakpoints and 81.8% CA, 44.4% VMEs, and 0.0% MEs by FDA breakpoints. Vitek2 ( n = 62 isolates) demonstrated 95.2% CA, 6.3% VMEs, and 0.0% MEs by CLSI and 96.8% CA, 0.0% VMEs, and 2.2% MEs by FDA breakpoints. Overall, the performance of the test systems was not substantially different using CLSI breakpoints off-label than using on-label FDA breakpoints. However, limitations were noted with higher-than-desired VME rates (all three systems) and lower-than-desired CA (MicroScan and Phoenix). Laboratories should consider adoption of the revised CLSI breakpoints with automated test systems but be aware that some performance challenges exist for testing TZP on automated systems, regardless of breakpoints applied.
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