Liofilchem(®) O.A. Listeria agar and direct CAMP test provided sooner Listeria monocytogenes identification from neonatal bacteremia

Vincenzo Savini; Roberta Marrollo; Annalisa Serio; Antonello Paparella; Angela Valentina Argentieri; Marianna D'Antonio; Eleonora Coclite; Paola Fusilli; Paolo Fazii

Liofilchem(®) O.A. Listeria agar and direct CAMP test provided sooner Listeria monocytogenes identification from neonatal bacteremia

Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2014 Feb 15;7(3):1172-5. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Vincenzo Savini¹, Roberta Marrollo¹, Annalisa Serio², Antonello Paparella², Angela Valentina Argentieri¹, Marianna D'Antonio¹, Eleonora Coclite³, Paola Fusilli³, Paolo Fazii¹

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Spirito Santo Hospital Pescara (PE), Italy.
² Faculty of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo (TE) Italy.
³ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Neonatal Pathology, Spirito Santo Hospital Pescara (PE), Italy.

PMID: 24695762
PMCID: PMC3971323

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes infection in pregnant women and newborns is a cause for serious concern, and invasive disease outcome strongly depends on prompt antibiotic therapy. To provide sooner identification from neonatal bacteremia we performed a CAMP test directly on positive blood aliquots and inoculated the Liofilchem(®) O.A. Listeria chromogenic agar as well, thus providing a 24-h turn-around time for response.

Keywords: CAMP test; Liofilchem® O.A. Listeria agar; Listeria monocytogenes; neonate; newborn; pregnancy.

MeSH terms

Agar
Bacteremia / diagnosis*
Bacteriological Techniques*
Chromogenic Compounds*
Early Diagnosis*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Listeria monocytogenes / isolation & purification
Listeriosis / diagnosis*
Time Factors

Substances

Chromogenic Compounds
Agar