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. 1989 Mar;27(3):558–560. doi: 10.1128/jcm.27.3.558-560.1989

Clinical evaluation of a direct fluorescent monoclonal antibody test for detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in blood cultures.

M A Pfaller 1, M Barrett 1, F P Koontz 1, R P Wenzel 1, M D Cunningham 1, N Rollins 1, R P Darveau 1
PMCID: PMC267357  PMID: 2497139

Abstract

A direct fluorescent monoclonal antibody test (DFA; Genetic Systems Corp., Seattle, Wash.) was evaluated for the detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in 178 blood culture broths obtained from 128 patients. The DFA identified 44 (98%) of 45 blood cultures positive for P. aeruginosa and was negative in 131 (98%) of 133 blood cultures which grew gram-negative rods other than P. aeruginosa. Upon further investigation, saline suspensions of the organism from the false-negative blood culture were strongly (4+) DFA positive. The false-positive reactions were not due to cross-reactivity, as shown by lack of DFA staining of the non-P. aeruginosa isolates following subculture to agar media. The specificity of the reagent was further demonstrated by directly staining culture isolates including 10 serotypes of P. aeruginosa (all positive) and 57 selected gram-negative bacilli including eight species of Pseudomonas that were not P. aeruginosa (all negative). DFA staining of blood culture broths was easy to perform and read with minimal background fluorescence. The DFA method can be performed in 50 min and appears promising as a rapid method for the identification of P. aeruginosa bacteremia.

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