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2.2 Microbiology > Antimicrobial resistance > Flashcards

Antimicrobial resistance Flashcards

1
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How do you carry out a disk diffusion antimicrobial test
(7)

A

Ask forMueller-Hinton agar

Create inoculum using a 0.5 McFarland turbidity standard

Inoculate plate, rotate 60 dergees 3 times

Place appropriate disks on plate

Press down gently with sterile forceps

Incubate at 37 degrees

Measure zone of inhibition

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2
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What are the two strains you would carry out disk diffusion for?

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E. Coli or Staphylococci

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3
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What five disks are used for staphylococci

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Cefoxitin 30ug

Ciproflaxacin 5 ug

Erythromycin 15ug

Gentamicin 10ug

Penicillin 1 ug

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4
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What five disks are used for E.Coli

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Ampicillin
Cefotaxime
Ceftazidine
Gentamicin
Ertapenem

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5
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What three results can you have

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Susceptible (S)
Susceptible-increased exposure (I)
Resistant (R)

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6
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What does susceptible mean

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Standard dosing regimen - implies a high likelihood of therapeutic success using a standard dosing regimen of the agent

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What does increased exposure mean

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Implies a high likelihood of therapeutic success because exposure to the agent is increased by adjusting the dosing regimen or by its concentration at the site of infection

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8
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What does resistant mean

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Implies there is a high likelihood of therapeutic failure even when there is increased exposure

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9
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What does MIC stand for

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Minimum inhibitory concentration

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10
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What does MIC measure

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It measures an organisms susceptibility against different concentrations of antibiotics

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11
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What is MIC carried out on?

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E. Coli

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12
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How do you carry out an MIC

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Apply lawn inoculum of 0.5 McFarland standard to MH agar

Lawn inoculum, turn 60 degrees three times

Place E test in centre of plate

Incubate and check for growth

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13
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List the three classifications of B-lactams

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Penicilins

Cephalosporin

Carbapenems

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14
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List the penicillins

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Penicillin
Ampicillin
Augmentin
Methicillin

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15
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List the cephalosporins

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Cefotaxime
Ceftazidime
Cefpodoxine

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16
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List the carbapenems

A

Meropenem

17
Q

What is ESBL-mediated resistance

A

Extended spectrum beta-lactam mediated resistance

18
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What group of organisms express ESBL-mediated resistance

A

Enterobacterales

Prevalent in Klebsiella pneumoniae and E.Coli

19
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How does ESBL-mediated resistance work

A

Resistance arose due to the production of B-lactamase enzymes with the ability to hydrolyse broad spectrum B-lactams i.e. cefotaxime and ceftazidime

20
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What test results would make you want to investigate ESBL-mediated resistance

A

Resistance to B-lactams such as cefotaxime and ceftazidime

21
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How do you test for ESBL-mediated resistance?
(4)

A

MH agar

Lawn inoculum

Ceftaxidime and ceftazidime-plus-clavulanic acid discs are added

Measure zone diameters

22
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What does clavulanic acid do?
(3)

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Clavulanic acid inhibites ESBL-mediated resistance

It should make the organism now susceptible to the antibiotics

Used to ID ESBL

23
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How do you read your clavulanic acid result

A

If the zone size of the combination disc is increased by 5mm compared to the zone size of the cephalosporin alone

24
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What should you do if your bacteria is ESBL positive

A

Investigate CPE-mediated resistance

25
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What are CPEs?

A

Carbapenemase producing enterobacterales (CPEs)

26
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What are CPEs so dangerous?

A

Carbapenems were considered a last line treatment for multi-drug resistant bacterial infections

Up to 50% mortality rate with these infections

27
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What are the five major groups of CPEs

A

The big five;

KPC- variant enzymes

IMP- variant enzymes

VIM- variant enzymes

NDM- variant enzymes

OXA - variant enzymes

28
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What is notable about the KPCs

A

The Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases are the most widespread mediating resistance to all B-lactam antibiotics

29
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How do we detect CPEs?

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Lateral-flow immunochromatography assays are used

The RESIST-5 O.O.K.N.V lateral flow assay

30
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How does the RESIST-5 O.O.K.N.V lateral flow assay work

A

This assays incorporates monoclonal anti-carbapenemase antibodies which act as specific capture probes for the direct detection of KPC, OXA-like, NDM and VIM CPEs

31
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How do you use a RESIST-5 test

A

Add 12 drops of LY-A buffer in the tube provided

Re-suspend one test colony in the buffer

Stir thoroughly and insert the dropper tightly

Vortex until suspension is fully homogenised

Invert the test tube and slowly add 3 drops of suspension into the sample well of the cassettes

Allow to react for 15 mins max and read the result

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