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Vol. 26. Issue S9.
Utilidad de la biología molecular en el diagnóstico microbiológico
Pages 75-80 (July 2008)
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Vol. 26. Issue S9.
Utilidad de la biología molecular en el diagnóstico microbiológico
Pages 75-80 (July 2008)
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Detección automática de bacterias y hongos en sangre
Automatic detection of bacterial and fungal infections in blood
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José Miguel Molinaa, Juan Córdobaa, Paula Ramírezb, Miguel Gobernadoa,
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Correspondencia: Servicio de Microbiología. Hospital La Fe. Avda. Campanar, 21. 46009 Valencia. España.
a Servicio de Microbiología. Hospital La Fe. Valencia. España
b Servicio de Cuidados Intensivos. Hospital La Fe. Valencia. España
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La sepsis es una de las principales causas de mortalidad y morbilidad en los hospitales. La detección temprana de los patógenos mediante técnicas basadas en ácidos nucleicos puede facilitar el diagnóstico rápido de la bacteriemia y/o fungemia, la rápida adecuación del tratamiento antibiótico, reducir el uso de antibióticos innecesarios y disminuir la mortalidad. Se describen 2 técnicas disponibles comercialmente que ayudan, en un tiempo reducido, a identificar distintas bacterias y hongos productores de sepsis: LightCycler® SeptiFast Test Mgrade (Roche Diagnostic SL) y GenoType Blood Culture (Hain Lifescience). De estas 2 técnicas, mostramos los resultados de un estudio inicial propio con el LightCycler® SeptiFast Test Mgrade. El estudio se realizó con 50 muestras correspondientes a 28 pacientes (1-3 muestras por paciente) con síndrome séptico ingresados en la unidad de cuidados intensivos, comparando la nueva técnica con el hemocultivo convencional. La concordancia entre los resultados del hemocultivo y el SeptiFast fue buena, 79% en el primer ensayo, y 89% en el segundo, después de corregir defectos técnicos. Inicialmente se observó inhibición importante de los controles internos para los bacilos gramnegativos, por la presencia de heparina en la sangre empleada y un exceso de ácido desoxirribonucleico (ADN) debido al número de leucocitos. Con la finalidad de disminuir las inhibiciones, en otro estudio posterior se trabajó con 24 muestras a la mitad de volumen original, llevando el ácido nucleico extraído a dilución 1:4. Con estas modificaciones, se apreciaron reducciones importantes de las inhibiciones. En comparación con el hemocultivo, el SeptiFast diferencia mejor las contaminaciones por estafilococos coagulasa-negativa y especies de estreptococos.

Palabras clave:
Sepsis
Hemocultivo
SeptiFast
Biología molecular
Técnicas basadas en ácidos nucleicos
LightCycler

Sepsis is one of the main causes of mortality and morbidity in hospitals. Early detection of pathogens using nucleic acid-based techniques speeds diagnosis of bacteremia and/or fungemia, aids the rapid application of appropriate antibiotics, reduces the use of unnecessary antibiotics, and lowers mortality. Two commercially available techniques that help to identify different sepsisproducing bacteria and fungi in a shorter time period are: LightCycler® SeptiFast Test Mgrade (Roche Diagnostic SL) and GenoType Blood Culture (Hain Lifescience). We present the results of an initial in-house study using the LightCycler® SeptiFast Test Mgrade. The study was carried out in 50 samples from 28 patients (1-3 samples per patient) with septic syndrome admitted to the intensive care unit by comparing the new technique with conventional blood culture. The concordance between the results of blood culture and SeptiFast was good, 79%, in the first trial and 89% in the second, after correcting for technical defects. We initially observed substantial inhibition of internal controls in Gram-negative bacilli, due to the presence of heparin in the blood used, and excess DNA because of the high number of leucocytes. To minimize these inhibitions, the second study used 24 samples at half the original volume (extracted DNA at 1/4 concentration). With these modifications, inhibitions were substantially reduced. SeptiFast is more effective than blood culture in discriminating between contamination by coagulase-negative staphylococci and species of streptococci.

Key words:
Sepsis
Blood culture
SeptiFast
Molecular biology
Nucleic acid-based techniques
LightCycler
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