24 research outputs found
Intra- and interlaboratory performance of antibiotic disk-diffusion-susceptibility testing of bacterial control strains of relevance for monitoring aquaculture environments
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The ASIARESIST project: a study of antimicrobial resistance associated with Asian aquacultural environments
Antibiotic susceptibility testing of aquaculture associated bacteria originating from integrated farming systems in the Mekong River Delta, Viet Nam
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Intra- and interlaboratory performance of antibiotic disk-diffusion-susceptibility testing of bacterial control strains of relevance for monitoring aquaculture environments
none13In the course of an international research project on hazard analysis of antimicrobial resistance in SE Asian aquaculture environments, 2 European Union and 3 SE Asian laboratories attempted to harmonize a procedure for antimicrobial agent susceptibility testing based on disk diffusion (DD). For this purpose, a selected panel of 10 bacterial control strains of relevance for monitoring warm-water aquaculture environments was sent by the central laboratory to the other participating laboratories. In each laboratory, 10 independently replicated DD determinations of each control strain to 6 antibiotics were performed using Iso-Sensitest Agar (ISA) according to a standard operating procedure (SOP); in total, this study thus yielded 300 data sets for all 5 laboratories. At the end of the study, strain authenticity of subcultures of the control strains used by the respective participating laboratories was verified by the central laboratory. Based on the arithmetic mean of 10 inhibition-zone diameter measurements and standard deviation (SD), intralaboratory SD variations ranged from 0 to 2 mm when 79% of the recorded data sets were considered. In 8% of the data sets, the SD value exceeded 4 mm, which in most cases could be attributed to the fact that the data points for a given strain–disk combination were not normally distributed in one of the laboratories. At the interlaboratory level, 81% of the SD values based on global averaging of 50 data points per strain–disk combination were situated in the 0 to 5 mm range. Comparison with a minimal data set from literature of DD testing performed with Mueller-Hinton (MH) medium indicated that the use of either ISA or MH medium in DD testing has a limited impact on the method’s precision among different laboratories. In conclusion, the current study has provided a validated SOP to promote the coordination and harmonization of DD-susceptibility methodologies for aquaculture-associated organisms at an international level. As one of the main action items for the future, new interpretive breakpoints should be specifically designed and validated for aquaculture drugs and organismsG. HUYS ; M. CNOCKAERT ; K. BARTIE ; D. T. H. OANH ; N.T. PHUONG ; T. SOMSIRI ; S. CHINABUT ; F. YUSOFF ; M. SHARIFF ; M. GIACOMINI; S. BERTONE ; J. SWINGS ; A. TEALEG., Huys; M., Cnockaert; K., Bartie; D. T. H., Oanh; N. T., Phuong; T., Somsiri; S., Chinabut; F., Yusoff; M., Shariff; Giacomini, Mauro; S., Bertone; J., Swings; A., Teal