Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction/Pooled Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Was Not Associated with Increased Antibiotic Resistance in Management of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-9-2023

Publication Title

Infect Drug Resist

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To compare antibiotic resistance results at different time points in patients with urinary tract infections (UTIs), who were either treated based upon a combined multiplex polymerase chain reaction (M-PCR) and pooled antibiotic susceptibility test (P-AST) or were not treated.

METHODS: The M-PCR/P-AST test utilized here detects 30 UTI pathogens or group of pathogens, 32 antibiotic resistance (ABR) genes, and phenotypic susceptibility to 19 antibiotics. We compared the presence or absence of ABR genes and the number of resistant antibiotics, at baseline (Day 0) and 5-28 days (Day 5-28) after clinical management in the antibiotic-treated (n = 52) and untreated groups (n = 12).

RESULTS: Our results demonstrated that higher percentage of patients had a reduction in ABR gene detection in the treated compared to the untreated group (38.5% reduction vs 0%,

CONCLUSION: Our results with both resistance gene and phenotypic antibiotic susceptibility results demonstrated that treatment based upon rapid and sensitive M-PCR/P-AST resulted in reduction rather than induction of antibiotic resistance in symptomatic patients with suspected complicated UTI (cUTI) in an urology setting, indicating this type of test is valuable in the management of these types of patients. Further studies of the causes of gene reduction, including elimination of ABR gene-carrying bacteria and loss of ABR gene(s), are warranted.

Volume

16

First Page

2841

Last Page

2848

DOI

10.2147/IDR.S406745

ISSN

1178-6973

PubMed ID

37193300

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