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Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates – the EUCAST broth microdilution reference method for MIC determination

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Scope: Several methods are used worldwide for antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). The variability in the results obtained with these methods hampers setting epidemiological cut-off (ECOFF) values and clinical breakpoints according to EUCAST guidelines. Methods for susceptibility testing and determination of the minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) need to be standardized for MTBC isolates for old and new agents. Our objective was to establish a standardized reference method for MIC determination for MTBC.Methods: The EUCAST antimycobacterial susceptibility testing subcommittee (AMST) compared protocols of MIC determination with regard to medium, inoculum preparation, antituberculous agent preparation, incubation, reading of the results and interpretation.Recommendations: The EUCAST reference method of MIC determination for MTBC is the broth microdilution method in Middlebrook 7H9-10% OADC medium. The final inoculum is a 105 CFU/mL suspension, obtained from a 10-2 dilution of a 0.5 McFarland suspension prepared after vortexing bacterial colonies with glass beads before suspending them in sterile water. The culture is maintained in a U-shaped 96-well polystyrene microtitre sterile plate with a lid incubated at 36° ± 1°C. Reading is done using an inverted mirror as soon as the 1:100 diluted control (i.e. 103 CFU/mL suspension) shows visual growth. The MIC, expressed in mg/L, is the lowest concentration that inhibits visual growth. Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv ATCC 27294 is used as the reference strain and its targeted MIC values are within the range 0.03-0.12 for isoniazid, 0.12-0.5 for levofloxacin and 0.25-1 mg/L for amikacin.Conclusions: The EUCAST reference method for MTBC was endorsed by EUCAST after public consultation and will from now on be used to define EUCAST ECOFFs and clinical breakpoints. This reference method is not primarily intended to be used under routine conditions and the AST methods will need to be calibrated against this reference method to be used with EUCAST breakpoints.
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Thomas Schön, Jim Werngren, Diana Machado, Emanuele Borroni, Maria Wijkander, et al.. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates – the EUCAST broth microdilution reference method for MIC determination. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2020, 26, pp.1488 - 1492. ⟨10.1016/j.cmi.2020.07.036⟩. ⟨hal-03493841⟩
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