Table 2. Budget for the analysis centre of the national antimicrobial resistance surveillance system Kor-GLASS, South Korea, pilot year, May 2016 to April 2017.
| Specimen | Species | Number of isolates | Cost in EUR (USD) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identification | Disk diffusion | Etest | Agar dilution | PCR | Genotypic sequencing |
MLST | Average cost /isolate |
Total | |||
| 6 (7.4) /isolate |
0.8 (1) /disk |
2.4 (3) /strip |
16 (20) /isolate | 8 (10) /reaction |
8 (10) /gene |
80 (100) /isolate |
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|
Blood
|
Staphylococcus aureus | 584 | 3,504 (4,380) |
2,803 (3,504) |
5,606 (7,008) |
NT | 37,376 (46,720) |
NT | 46,720 (58,400) |
164 (206) |
96,009 (120,012) |
| Streptococcus. pneumoniae | 28 | 168 (210) |
NT | NT | 448a
(560)a |
NT | NT | NT | 22 (28) |
616 (770) |
|
| Enterococcus faecalis | 161 | 966 (1,208) |
644 (805) |
1,546 (1,933) |
NT | 2,576 (3,220) |
NT | 12,880 (16,100) |
116 (145) |
18,612 (23,266) |
|
| E. faecium | 217 | 1,302 (1,628) |
1,042 (1,303) |
2,083 (2,604) |
NT | 3,472 (4,340) |
NT | 17,360 (21,700) |
116 (145) |
25,259 (31,575) |
|
| Escherichia coli | 1,536 | 9,216 (11,520) |
23,347 (29,184) |
NT | 246 (308) |
30,259 (37,824) |
9,062 (11,328) |
122,880 (153,600) |
127 (159) |
195,010 (243,764) |
|
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 597 | 3,582 (4,478) |
8,597 (10,746) |
NT | 478 (598) |
15,761 (19,701) |
4,716 (5,895) |
47,760 (59,700) |
136 (169) |
80,894 (101,118) |
|
| Salmonella spp. | 44 | 264 (330) |
NT | NT | 704b
(880)b |
176 (220) |
141 (176) |
NT | 29 (36) |
1,285 (1,606) |
|
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 127 | 762 (953) |
1,118 (1,398) |
NT | 406 (508) |
1,829 (2,286) |
305 (381) |
10,160 (12,700) |
115 (143) |
14,580 (18,226) |
|
| Acinetobacter spp. | 229 | 1,374 (1,718) |
2,564 (3,205) |
NT | 2,931 (3,664) |
9,893 (12,366) |
1,649 (2,061) |
18,320 (22,900) |
160 (200) |
36,731 (45,914) |
|
| Subtotal | 3,523 | 21,138 (26,425) |
40,115 (50,145) |
9,235 (11,545) |
5,213 (6,518) |
101,342 (126,677) |
15,873 (19,841) |
276,080 (345,100) | 133 (166) |
468,996 (586,251) |
|
|
Urine
|
E. coli | 6,394 | 38,364 (47,955) |
97,189 (121,486) |
NT | 1,023 (1,279) |
NT | NT | NT | 21 (27) |
136,576 (170,720) |
| K. pneumoniae | 1,097 | 6,582 (8,228) |
15,797 (19,746) |
NT | 878 (1,098) |
NT | NT | NT | 21 (27) |
23,257 (29,072) |
|
| Subtotal | 7,491 | 44,946 (56,183) |
112,986 (141,232) |
NT | 1,901 (2,377) |
NT | NT | NT | 21 (27) |
159,833 (199,792) |
|
| Stool | Salmonella spp. | 77 | 462 (578) |
NT | NT | 1,232b
(1,540)b |
308 (385) |
246 (308) |
NT | 29 (36) |
2,248 (2,811) |
|
Total
|
11,091 |
66,546
(83,186) |
153,101
(191,377) |
9,235
(11,545) |
8,346
(10,435) |
101,650
(127,062) |
16,119
(20,149) |
276,080 (345,100) |
57
(71) |
631,077
(788,854) |
|
MLST: multilocus sequence typing; NT: not tested.
a Costs for each test are rounded up to the nearest EUR.
b Antimicrobial susceptibilities of S. pneumoniae and Salmonella species were all tested by the broth microdilution method.
Exchange rate of 1 EUR = 1.25 USD applied.