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Impact of rapid microbial identification on clinical outcomes in bloodstream infection: the RAPIDO randomized trial

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Kate Gould, Dr John Perry

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Abstract

© 2020 European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Objectives: Bloodstream infection has a high mortality rate. It is not clear whether laboratory-based rapid identification of the organisms involved would improve outcome. Methods: The RAPIDO trial was an open parallel-group multicentre randomized controlled trial. We tested all positive blood cultures from hospitalized adults by conventional methods of microbial identification and those from patients randomized (1:1) to rapid diagnosis in addition to matrix-assisted desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) performed directly on positive blood cultures. The only primary outcome was 28-day mortality. Clinical advice on patient management was provided to members of both groups by infection specialists. Results: First positive blood culture samples from 8628 patients were randomized, 4312 into rapid diagnosis and 4136 into conventional diagnosis. After prespecified postrandomization exclusions, 2740 in the rapid diagnosis arm and 2810 in the conventional arm were included in the mortality analysis. There was no significant difference in 28-day survival (81.5% 2233/2740 rapid vs. 82.3% 2313/2810 conventional; hazard ratio 1.05, 95% confidence interval 0.93–1.19, p 0.42). Microbial identification was quicker in the rapid diagnosis group (median (interquartile range) 38.5 (26.7–50.3) hours after blood sampling vs. 50.3 (47.1–72.9) hours after blood sampling, p < 0.01), but times to effective antimicrobial therapy were no shorter (respectively median (interquartile range) 24 (2–78) hours vs. 13 (2–69) hours). There were no significant differences in 7-day mortality or total antibiotic consumption; times to resolution of fever, discharge from hospital or de-escalation of broad-spectrum therapy or 28-day Clostridioides difficile incidence. Conclusions: Rapid identification of bloodstream pathogens by MALDI-TOF MS in this trial did not reduce patient mortality despite delivering laboratory data to clinicians sooner.

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Author(s): MacGowan A, Grier S, Stoddart M, Reynolds R, Rogers C, Pike K, Smartt H, Wilcox M, Wilson P, Kelsey M, Steer J, Gould FK, Perry JD, Howe R, Wootton M

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Year: 2020

Volume: 26

Issue: 10

Pages: 1347-1354

Print publication date: 01/10/2020

Online publication date: 25/03/2020

Acceptance date: 24/01/2020

ISSN (print): 1198-743X

ISSN (electronic): 1469-0691

Publisher: Elsevier BV

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2020.01.030

DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.01.030

PubMed id: 32220636

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