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UK Bacteroides species surveillance survey: Change in antimicrobial resistance over 16 years (2000-2016)

Sarah Copsey-Mawer et al. Anaerobe. 2021 Dec.

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the differences in antimicrobial susceptibility of UK Bacteroides species across two distinct cohorts from 2000 to 2016.

Methods: Strain identification was performed using matrix-assisted laser-desorption ionisation time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) or by partial 16S rRNA sequencing. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were determined using agar dilution, following CLSI guidelines (CLSI, 2012; 2017).

Results: 224 isolates were included from 2000 to 168 from 2016. Bacteroides fragilis was the most common species, comprising 68% of the 2000 cohort, and 77% in 2016. For all antimicrobials tested, there was an overall increase in the rates of non-susceptible isolates between the cohorts.

Conclusions: The antibiogram of Bacteroides species in the UK is no longer predictable. Multi-drug resistant isolates although rare, are on the rise, and require testing to guide therapy. The monitoring and surveillance of resistance trends is imperative, as is the development of standardised, robust and accessible antimicrobial susceptibility testing methodology for clinical laboratories.

Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; Bacteroides species.

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