Comparative efficacy of pre-moistened sponges and E-swabs for active surveillance of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carriage.

• Tác giả: Yehuda Carmeli, Adi Cohen, Reut Efrati Epchtien, Ella Kaplan, Alona Keren-Paz, Samira Masarwa, Vered Schechner, David Schwartz, Elizabeth Temkin
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
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• Thông tin xuất bản: Germany : European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 15101

Tóm tắt

 We evaluated whether skin sampling with E-swabs is an effective alternative to pre-moistened sponges for detecting carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) carriage. Skin samples were collected by sponges with enrichment and E-swabs with and without enrichment. We collected 899 samples (from 250 patients)
  191 samples were CRAB positive. Sensitivity was 90.8% for sponges with enrichment, 40.0% for E-swabs without enrichment, and 50.0% for E-swabs with enrichment. E-swabs failed to detect at least half of CRAB carriers detected by sponges. If E-swabs are used for CRAB screening, a negative result should carry a warning regarding low sensitivity.