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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2006, p. 1547-1549, Vol. 44, No. 4
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.4.1547-1549.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Compliance of Clinical Microbiology Laboratories in the United States with Current Recommendations for Processing Respiratory Tract Specimens from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis

Juyan Zhou,1 Elizabeth Garber,1 Manisha Desai,2 and Lisa Saiman1*

Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York,1 Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University, New York, New York2

Received 17 January 2006/ Accepted 25 January 2006

Respiratory tract specimens from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) require unique processing by clinical microbiology laboratories to ensure detection of all potential pathogens. The present study sought to determine the compliance of microbiology laboratories in the United States with recently published recommendations for CF respiratory specimens. Microbiology laboratory protocols from 150 of 190 (79%) CF care sites were reviewed. Most described the use of selective media for Burkholderia cepacia complex (99%), Staphylococcus aureus (82%), and Haemophilus influenzae (89%) and identified the species of all gram-negative bacilli (87%). Only 52% delineated the use of agar diffusion assays for susceptibility testing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Standardizing laboratory practices will improve treatment, infection control, and our understanding of the changing epidemiology of CF microbiology.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, 650 West 168th St., PH 4 West Room 470, New York, NY 10032. Phone: (212) 305-9446. Fax: (212) 305-9491. E-mail: LS5{at}columbia.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2006, p. 1547-1549, Vol. 44, No. 4
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.4.1547-1549.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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