レファムリン感受性試験におけるグラジエント拡散ストリップおよびディスク拡散とブロス微量希釈法の性能:422株の黄色ブドウ球菌分離株を対象
Yujing Tian1,2, Xiangning He3,4,5, Xue Wu6
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Affiliated Taian City Central Hospital of Qingdao University, Taian, China.
Journal of clinical microbiology
|January 23, 2026
まとめ
グラジエント拡散ストリップ(GDS)およびディスク拡散(DD)を用いたレファムリン感受性試験は、黄色ブドウ球菌に対して高い精度を示した。両手法とも日常的な検査室での使用に適しているが、レファムリン治療のガイダンスのために、境界域の結果についてはGDSおよびDDの確認が必要である。
科学分野:
- 薬剤感受性試験;臨床微生物学;薬理学
背景:
- レファムリンは、メチシリン耐性黄色ブドウ球菌(MRSA)に対して強力な活性を持つ新しいプレウロムチリン系抗生物質である。ブロス微量希釈法(BMD)は感受性試験の標準法であるが、日常的な検査室にはより簡便な代替法が必要である。グラジエント拡散ストリップ(GDS)およびディスク拡散(DD)は、レファムリン感受性試験の潜在的な代替法である。
研究 の 目的:
- 黄色ブドウ球菌に対するレファムリン感受性試験において、BMDと比較したGDSおよびDDの精度を評価する。日常的な検査室での実施におけるGDSおよびDDの臨床的有用性を決定する。適切なレファムリン治療および薬剤耐性封じ込めのためのガイダンスを提供する。
主な方法:
- 合計422株の臨床分離株(MSSA 256株、MRSA 166株)の黄色ブドウ球菌を対象とした。感受性試験は、BMD(標準法)、GDS、およびDD法を用いて実施した。解釈はCLSI M100-S34のブレークポイントに従い、カテゴリー一致率(CA)、本質的一致率(EA)、主要誤差(ME)、および非常に大きな誤差(VME)を算出した。
主要な成果:
- レファムリンは黄色ブドウ球菌に対して強力な活性を示し、BMDによる感受性率は98.6%であった。GDSは100%のCAと92.2%のEAを示し、VMEまたはMEはなかったが、系統的にMICを過小評価した。ディスク拡散は99.5%のCAを達成したが、非感受性分離株の数が少ないため、VME率はCLSIの閾値を超えた。
結論:
- GDSおよびDDはどちらも精度が高く、レファムリン感受性試験のために日常的な検査室で実施可能である。GDS MIC = 0.25 mg/Lの場合はBMDによる確認を推奨する。非感受性のディスク拡散結果は、適切なレファムリン治療を確保し、耐性を克服するために、BMDによる検証が必要である。
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