Microbiology rapid on-site evaluation: a better method for Mucoid Pseudomonas Aeruginosa diagnosis in bronchiectasic patients

T. Li, Y.-T. Huo, X.-Q. Zheng, M.-S. Fang, G.-L. Quan, G. Xiao, Y.-X. Cheng

Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. quangguoli020726@163.com

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• Infectious Diseases
• Laboratory Medicine
• Microbiology

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to find an accurate and fast method to diagnose the pathogen of bronchiectasis.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Ten bronchiectasic patients diagnosed with Mucoid Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (MPA) in the past two years were analyzed. Accuracy and time were compared between microbiology rapid on-site evaluation (M-ROSE) and sputum bacterial culture.

RESULTS: The accuracy rate of M-ROSE in the patients is 100% consistent with bacterial culture results. The average time of M-ROSE is about 4.3 min, which is over 1000 times shorter than that of sputum bacterial culture.

CONCLUSIONS: M-ROSE may be a better method for etiological diagnosis of MPA.

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