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Mark A Zaydman1, Laurel Glaser2, Daniel S Herman2
1Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Journal of clinical microbiology
|February 4, 2026
Resumen
Problemas técnicos sutiles en las pruebas de susceptibilidad a los antimicrobianos (antibiograma) provocaron una menor detección de la susceptibilidad a la daptomicina, lo que afectó las decisiones de tratamiento. La integración de datos de pacientes en el control de calidad mejora la precisión para la monitorización crítica de la resistencia a los antimicrobianos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Microbiología Clínica
- Resistencia a los antimicrobianos
- Garantía de calidad
Sus antecedentes:
- El control de calidad (CC) de las pruebas de susceptibilidad a los antimicrobianos (TSA) es crucial para la prescripción precisa de antimicrobianos.
- Las métricas tradicionales de CC pueden ser falibles y no detectar sesgos técnicos sutiles.
- Los cambios sistémicos en las tasas de resistencia pueden deberse a cambios epidemiológicos o artefactos de prueba.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Informar sobre un incidente de variabilidad técnica en las pruebas de susceptibilidad a daptomicina indetectable mediante control de calidad rutinario.
- Destacar la importancia de integrar datos clínicos en el aseguramiento de la calidad de las pruebas de susceptibilidad a los antimicrobianos.
- Subrayar la necesidad de pruebas de susceptibilidad a los antimicrobianos precisas para monitorizar la resistencia a múltiples fármacos.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis sistemático de los resultados de las pruebas de susceptibilidad de aislados clínicos de 2022 a 2025 en dos sistemas de salud.
- Minería retrospectiva de datos de control de calidad (CC) durante el período de estudio.
- Comparación de los resultados de las pruebas de susceptibilidad con las métricas de CC de rutina y los datos de los pacientes.
Principales resultados:
- Se observó un cambio sutil en los resultados de las pruebas de susceptibilidad a daptomicina, lo que disminuyó las tasas de susceptibilidad entre un 5 % y un 22 % para ciertos organismos, en particular Enterococcus faecium.
- Esta tendencia condujo a una reducción de la prescripción de daptomicina para las infecciones relevantes.
- El cambio no fue detectable a través de los procesos de control de calidad estándar, pero fue aparente a través del análisis de datos de pacientes.
Conclusiones:
- Los procesos de CC de rutina son insuficientes para detectar una variabilidad sutil y clínicamente relevante en las pruebas de susceptibilidad a los antimicrobianos.
- La integración del análisis de datos de pacientes de rutina en el CC de microbiología mejora la detección de cambios en el rendimiento de las pruebas de susceptibilidad a los antimicrobianos.
- Las pruebas de susceptibilidad a los antimicrobianos precisas son vitales para responder a los patrones cambiantes de resistencia a los antimicrobianos.
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