Utilidad del PCR múltiplex de hemocultivo para el diagnóstico microbiológico de infecciones nosocomiales del sistema nervioso central en pacientes críticos
Acta Colombiana de Cuidado Intensivo, ISSN: 0122-7262, Vol: 24, Issue: 4, Page: 379-386
2024
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Determinar la utilidad de una técnica de biología molecular por amplificación de ácidos nucleicos mediante reacción en cadena de polimerasa en tiempo real (PCR) diseñada originalmente para diagnóstico microbiológico en hemocultivos, al aplicarse en muestras de líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR). Estudio retrospectivo, observacional, unicéntrico, desarrollado entre enero de 2017 a febrero de 2024 en una unidad de cuidados críticos polivalente de 28 camas. Se incluyeron todos los pacientes con sospecha de infección posneuroquirúrgica y alteraciones citoquímicas del LCR. Además del estudio microbiológico del LCR por métodos tradicionales, se aplicó panel BioFire® Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID) directamente sobre muestras de LCR. Se consideró a los métodos de cultivos tradicionales como estándar de referencia para la identificación microbiológica. La variable de interés principal fue el porcentaje de concordancia de identificación microbiana entre cultivos tradicionales y BCID. Se incluyeron 29 pacientes. Se confirmó el diagnóstico de infección del sistema nervioso central en 14 casos (48,2%), 7 meningitis posneuroquirúrgica, 6 infecciones asociadas a ventriculostomía y 1 empiema subdural. Los microorganismos más frecuentemente hallados fueron Acinetobacter baumannii y Klebsiella pneumoniae. No se encontraron discordancias entre PCR y cultivos, por lo que tanto la concordancia de identificación positiva (14/14) como la negativa (15/15) fueron del 100% entre ambos métodos. En pacientes con sospecha de infección posneuroquirúrgica y alteraciones compatibles del LCR, el PCR multiplex hemocultivos aplicado directamente sobre muestras de LCR podría considerarse como una herramienta útil y precisa para el rápido diagnóstico microbiológico en infecciones del sistema nervioso central. To determine the usefulness of a molecular biology technique for nucleic acid amplification using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) originally designed for microbiological diagnosis in blood cultures, when applied to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples. Retrospective, observational, single-center study, carried out between January 2017 and February 2024 in a 28-bed multipurpose critical care unit. All patients with suspected postneurosurgical infection and CSF cytochemical alterations were included. In addition to the microbiological study of the CSF by traditional methods, the BioFire® Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID) panel was applied directly to CSF samples. Traditional culture methods were considered as the reference standard for microbiological identification. The main variable of interest was the percentage of concordance of microbial identification between traditional cultures and BCID. 29 patients were included. The diagnosis of central nervous system infection was confirmed in 14 cases (48.2%), 7 post-neurosurgical meningitis, 6 infections associated with ventriculostomy and 1 subdural empyema. The most frequently found microorganisms were Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae. No discordances were found between PCR and cultures, so both the positive (14/14) and negative identification concordance (15/15) were 100% between both methods. In patients with suspected post-neurosurgical infection and compatible CSF alterations, multiplex PCR blood cultures applied directly to CSF samples could be considered a useful and accurate tool for rapid microbiological diagnosis in infections of the central nervous system.
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