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Article: Epidemiology of Klebsiella oxytoca-associated diarrhea detected by simmons citrate agar supplemented with inositol, tryptophan, and bile salts

TitleEpidemiology of Klebsiella oxytoca-associated diarrhea detected by simmons citrate agar supplemented with inositol, tryptophan, and bile salts
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Issue Date2012
PublisherAmerican Society for Microbiology.
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Journal Of Clinical Microbiology, 2012, v. 50 n. 5, p. 1571-1579 How to Cite?
AbstractWe studied the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of Klebsiella oxytoca-associated diarrhea in hospitalized patients in Hong Kong. Between 1 November 2009 and 30 April 2011, all inositol-fermenting colonies found on Simmons citrate agar supplemented with inositol, tryptophan, and bile salts (SCITB agar) used for the culturing of diarrheal stool samples were screened by a spot indole test for K. oxytoca. The overall sensitivity of SCITB agar plus the spot indole test (93.3%) for the detection of K. oxytoca in stool samples was superior to that of MacConkey agar (63.3%), while the specificities were 100% and 60.4%, respectively. The former achieved a 23-fold reduction in the workload and cost of subsequent standard biochemical identifications. Cytotoxin production and the clonality of K. oxytoca were determined by a cell culture cytotoxicity neutralization assay using HEp-2 cells and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), respectively. Of 5,581 stool samples from 3,537 patients, K. oxytoca was cultured from 117/5,581 (2.1%) stool samples from 104/3,537 (2.9%) patients. Seventy-six of 104 (73.1%) patients with K. oxytoca had no copathogens in their diarrheal stool samples. Twenty-four (31.6%) of 76 patients carried cytotoxin-producing strains, which were significantly associated with antibiotic therapy after hospital admission (50% versus 21.2%; P = 0.01). Health care-associated diarrhea was found in 44 (42%) of 104 patients with K. oxytoca, but there was no epidemiological linkage suggestive of a nosocomial outbreak, and PFGE showed a diverse pattern. None of the patients with cytotoxin-producing K. oxytoca developed antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis, suggesting that K. oxytoca can cause a mild disease manifesting as uncomplicated antibiotic-associated diarrhea with winter seasonality. Copyright © 2012, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/157691
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.653
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Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
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The work was supported by the Research Fund for the Control of Infectious Diseases of the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.

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dc.contributor.authorCheng, VCCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYam, WCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTsang, LLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYau, MCYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSiu, GKHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, SCYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, JFWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTo, KKWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTse, Hen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHung, IFNen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTai, JWMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHo, PLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuen, KYen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-08T08:52:18Z-
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dc.description.abstractWe studied the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of Klebsiella oxytoca-associated diarrhea in hospitalized patients in Hong Kong. Between 1 November 2009 and 30 April 2011, all inositol-fermenting colonies found on Simmons citrate agar supplemented with inositol, tryptophan, and bile salts (SCITB agar) used for the culturing of diarrheal stool samples were screened by a spot indole test for K. oxytoca. The overall sensitivity of SCITB agar plus the spot indole test (93.3%) for the detection of K. oxytoca in stool samples was superior to that of MacConkey agar (63.3%), while the specificities were 100% and 60.4%, respectively. The former achieved a 23-fold reduction in the workload and cost of subsequent standard biochemical identifications. Cytotoxin production and the clonality of K. oxytoca were determined by a cell culture cytotoxicity neutralization assay using HEp-2 cells and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), respectively. Of 5,581 stool samples from 3,537 patients, K. oxytoca was cultured from 117/5,581 (2.1%) stool samples from 104/3,537 (2.9%) patients. Seventy-six of 104 (73.1%) patients with K. oxytoca had no copathogens in their diarrheal stool samples. Twenty-four (31.6%) of 76 patients carried cytotoxin-producing strains, which were significantly associated with antibiotic therapy after hospital admission (50% versus 21.2%; P = 0.01). Health care-associated diarrhea was found in 44 (42%) of 104 patients with K. oxytoca, but there was no epidemiological linkage suggestive of a nosocomial outbreak, and PFGE showed a diverse pattern. None of the patients with cytotoxin-producing K. oxytoca developed antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis, suggesting that K. oxytoca can cause a mild disease manifesting as uncomplicated antibiotic-associated diarrhea with winter seasonality. Copyright © 2012, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.en_HK
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dc.rightsCopyright © American Society for Microbiology, [Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2012, v. 50 n. 5, p. 1571-1579]-
dc.subject.meshBacteriological Techniques - methods-
dc.subject.meshCulture Media - chemistry-
dc.subject.meshDiarrhea - epidemiology - microbiology-
dc.subject.meshKlebsiella Infections - epidemiology - microbiology-
dc.subject.meshKlebsiella oxytoca - classification - genetics - isolation and purification - pathogenicity-
dc.titleEpidemiology of Klebsiella oxytoca-associated diarrhea detected by simmons citrate agar supplemented with inositol, tryptophan, and bile saltsen_HK
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