MALDI-TOF MS-Based Approaches for Direct Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria and BlaKPC-Carrying Plasmid Detection from Blood Cultures: A Three-Year Single-Centre Study and Proposal of a Diagnostic Algorithm

Activity of ceftolozane-tazobactam, ceftazidime-avibactam, meropenem-vaborbactam, cefiderocol and comparators against Gram-negative organisms causing bloodstream infections in Northern Italy (2019–2021): emergence of complex resistance phenotypes

(2022) Gabriele Bianco et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY

Outbreak of ceftazidime-avibactam resistant KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit, Italy: urgent need for updating diagnostic protocols of surveillance cultures

(2022) Gabriele Bianco et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Direct microorganism species identification and antimicrobial susceptibility tests from positive blood culture bottles using rapid Sepsityper Kit

(2022) Noriyuki Watanabe et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Comparison of Four Carbapenemase Detection Methods for bla KPC-2 Variants

(2022) Li Ding et al.   Microbiology Spectrum

Increased bla KPC Copy Number and OmpK35 and OmpK36 Porins Disruption Mediated Resistance to Imipenem/Relebactam and Meropenem/Vaborbactam in a KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolate

(2022) Paolo Gaibani et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm for rapid identification of Gram-negative species and detection of extended-spectrum β-lactamase and carbapenemase directly from blood cultures

(2022) Sara Comini et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Association Between Time to Appropriate Antimicrobial Treatment and 30-day Mortality in Patients With Bloodstream Infections: A Retrospective Cohort Study

(2022) Jasper Van Heuverswyn et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Carbapenemase detection testing in the era of ceftazidime/avibactam-resistant KPC-producing Enterobacterales: A 2-year experience

(2021) Gabriele Bianco et al.   Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Direct MALDI-TOF MS Testing from Positive Blood Cultures for Rapid Identification of Bloodstream Infection-Causing Anaerobic Bacteria

(2021) Tiziana D’Inzeo et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evaluation of the Amplex eazyplex SuperBug Acineto test for direct detection of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infections in high endemicity settings

(2021) Sara Comini et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Technology as a Tool for the Rapid Diagnosis of Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria

(2021) Eun-Jeong Yoon et al.   Antibiotics-Basel

Antimicrobial de-escalation as part of antimicrobial stewardship in intensive care: no simple answers to simple questions—a viewpoint of experts

(2020) Jan J. De Waele et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Mass spectrometry-based microbiological testing for blood stream infection

(2020) Fumio Nomura et al.   Clinical Proteomics

Bloodstream infection by two subpopulations of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST1685 carrying KPC-33 or KPC-14 following ceftazidime/avibactam treatment: considerations regarding acquired heteroresistance and choice of carbapenemase detection assay

(2020) Gabriele Bianco et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

The Clinical Impact of Rapid Molecular Microbiological Diagnostics for Pathogen and Resistance Gene Identification in Patients With Sepsis: A Systematic Review

(2020) Valentino D’Onofrio et al.   Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Evaluation of Rapid Sepsityper® protocol and specific MBT-Sepsityper module (Bruker Daltonics) for the rapid diagnosis of bacteremia and fungemia by MALDI-TOF-MS

(2020) Léa Ponderand et al.   Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Detection of antibiotic resistance genes from blood cultures: performance assessment and potential impact on antibiotic therapy management

(2019) G. Bianco et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Comparison of rapid BACpro® II, Sepsityper® kit and in-house preparation methods for direct identification of bacteria from blood cultures by MALDI-TOF MS with and without Sepsityper® module analysis

(2019) Munevver Kayin et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Direct β-Lactam Inactivation Method: a New Low-Cost Assay for Rapid Detection of Carbapenemase- or Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales Directly from Positive Blood Culture Bottles

(2019) Gabriele Bianco et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sample preparation method influences direct identification of anaerobic bacteria from positive blood culture bottles using MALDI-TOF MS

(2018) Samo Jeverica et al.   ANAEROBE

A Full MALDI-Based Approach to Detect Plasmid-Encoded KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

(2018) Miriam Cordovana et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Implementation and performance of the BioFire FilmArray® Blood Culture Identification panel with antimicrobial treatment recommendations for bloodstream infections at a midwestern academic tertiary hospital

(2015) Timothy R. Southern et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Identification of Gram-Negative Bacteria and Genetic Resistance Determinants from Positive Blood Culture Broths by Use of the Verigene Gram-Negative Blood Culture Multiplex Microarray-Based Molecular Assay

(2015) Nathan A. Ledeboer et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Stratification of the Impact of Inappropriate Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy for Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections by Predicted Prognosis

(2014) Sarah E. Cain et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

A Rapid Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry-Based Method for Single-Plasmid Tracking in an Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae

(2014) A. F. Lau et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY