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. 2022 Apr 7.
doi: 10.1007/s10096-022-04439-y. Online ahead of print.

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing is crucial when treating Finegoldia magna infections

Fabienne Walser #  1 , Julia Prinz #  1   2 , Stefan Rahm  3 , Patrick O Zingg  3 , Stefano Mancini  4 , Frank Imkamp  4 , Reinhard Zbinden #  4 , Yvonne Achermann #  5   6
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Antimicrobial susceptibility testing is crucial when treating Finegoldia magna infections

Fabienne Walser et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. .
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Abstract

Finegoldia magna is an anaerobic gram-positive bacterium that can cause invasive human infections. Recently, a 52-year-old patient suffering from a periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) due to F. magna was treated with cefepime on hemodialysis; however, treatment failed due to relapse caused by antibiotic-resistant strains. Reports on the antimicrobial susceptibility of F. magna clinical isolates are rare. We collected 57 clinical F. magna isolates from Zurich, Switzerland, between September 2019 and July 2020 and tested their antimicrobial susceptibility to investigate the local resistance pattern. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) was evaluated for nine antibiotics (benzylpenicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, cefuroxime, cefepime, levofloxacin, rifampicin, metronidazole, doxycycline, and clindamycin) by E-test according to CLSI guidelines. All F. magna strains were susceptible to benzylpenicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, and metronidazole, while 75% to clindamycin. F. magna isolates showed MIC values lower than species-unrelated breakpoints for cefuroxime, levofloxacin, and cefepime in 93%, 56%, and 32% of the cases, respectively. MIC values for rifampicin and doxycycline were lower than locally determined ECOFFs in 98% and 72% of the cases, respectively. In summary, we recommend the use of benzylpenicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, or metronidazole without prior AST as first-line treatment option against F. magna PJI infections. If cefuroxime, cefepime, levofloxacin, rifampicin, doxycycline, or clindamycin are used, AST is mandatory.

Keywords: Antimicrobial susceptibility; Cefepime; Finegoldia magna; Periprosthetic joint infection.

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