ECCMID 2020 Scientific Poster: Meropenem/Vaborbactam MIC Results for Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Background

A multicenter study was performed to evaluate the accuracy of testing meropenem/vaborbactam on a MicroScan Dried Gram-negative MIC (MSDGN) Panel when compared to a frozen ISO/CLSI broth microdilution reference panel.

Materials/Methods

An evaluation was conducted at three U.S. sites by comparing MIC values obtained using the MSDGN to MICs utilizing an ISO/CLSI broth microdilution reference panel. A total of 775 Enterobacterales and P. aeruginosa clinical isolates were tested using the turbidity and Prompt® methods of inoculation during the efficacy phase. A subset of 14 organisms for reproducibility was tested on MSDGN panels at each site. MSDGN panels were incubated at 35 ± 1ºC and read on the WalkAway System, the autoSCAN-4 instrument, and read visually. Read times for the MSDGN panels were at 16-20 hours. Frozen reference panels were prepared according to ISO/CLSI methodology, incubated for 16-20 hours and read visually. EUCAST breakpoints (mg/L) used for interpretation of MIC results were: Enterobacterales ≤ 8/8 S, > 8/8 R and P. aeruginosa ≤ 8/8 S, > 8/8 R.

Results

Essential and categorical agreement when compared to frozen reference panel results, for all isolates tested in efficacy as follows:

 

Read Method

Essential Agreement %

Categorical Agreement %

Very Major Error (VMJ)* %

Major Error (MAJ)* %

P T P T P T P T
WalkAway 99.2 (769/775) 99.2 (769/775) 99.5 (771/775) 99.5 (771/775) 0.0 (0/6) 0.0 (0/6) 0.1 (1/769) 0.3 (2/769)
autoSCAN-4 99.2 (769/775) 99.1 (768/775) 99.7 (773/775) 99.5 (771/775) 0.0 (0/6) 0.0 (0/6) 0.1 (1/769) 0.3 (2/769)
Visually 99.5 (771/775) 99.1 (768/775) 99.9 (774/775) 99.6 (772/775) 0.0 (0/6) 0.0 (0/6) 0.1 (1/769) 0.3 (2/769)

T = Turbidity inoculation method, P = Prompt inoculation method

*Calculation of MAJ and VMJ excluding 1 well errors

Conclusion

This multicenter study showed that meropenem/vaborbactam MIC results for Enterobacterales and P. aeruginosa obtained with the MSDGN panel correlate well with MICs obtained using frozen reference panels using EUCAST interpretive criteria.
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Poster MicroScan Meropenem/vaborbactam MIC Results Correlate with ISO/CLSI Reference Panels

Download the ECCMID 2020 poster for complete information showing the accuracy of meropenem/vaborbactam MIC panel results for Enterobacterales and P. aeruginosa correlated with frozen ISO/CLSI broth microdilution reference panel. Analyze the multicenter study’s methods, quality control parameters and conclusions based on EUCAST interpretive criteria.

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