Purpose: New techniques are needed to speed-up the identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of bacteria associated with bloodstream infections. Alfred 60/AST (Alifax®, Polverara, Italy) performs AST by light scattering directly from positive blood cultures.
Methods: We evaluated Alfred 60/AST performances for 4 months. Each new episode of bacteraemia was included and AST were compared to either our rapid automated AST (Vitek® 2) or disk diffusion method. The discrepancies were investigated using Etest®. The time-to-result (TTR) was evaluated by comparing the blood volume inserted into Alfred 60/AST, i.e. 2 versus 7 blood drops. Taking into account the TTR, the workflow of positive blood cultures and the availability of AST results was studied in order to optimize the implementation of Alfred 60/AST.
Results: A total of 249 samples and 1108 antibiotics for AST were tested. After exclusion of unavailable results, 1008 antibiotics were analysed. 94.9% (n = 957/1008) of the antibiotics showed categorical agreement. There were 14 very major errors (VME), 24 major errors (ME) and 13 minor errors (mE). The VME were mostly related to clindamycin (64.3%) whereas meropenem and piperacillin-tazobactam constituted the major part (37.5% and 61.5%) of ME and mE respectively. Results were highly reliable for Enterobacterales and enterococci. The mean TTR ranged between 4.3 and 6.3 h and was statistically 20 min faster when applying the 7 blood drops protocol. We showed that Alfred 60/AST could give relievable results within working hours for positive blood culture which are flagged the same day between 12:00 am and 12:00 pm.
Conclusion: Our study confirmed that Alfred 60/AST gives reliable AST results in a short period of time, especially for Enterobacterales and enterococci. AST could thus be easily obtained the same day of a positive blood culture. Clinical impact studies are mandatory to validate a 24/24 working.
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