A. Capraro; LSU Hlth. Sci. Ctr., Shreveport, LA. D-1419 Chuang Wisplinghoff L. Chan, D. Seales; Trinity Med. Ctr., Birmingham, AL. D-1425 C. Sullivan

148 SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS September 9-12 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 170 D Poster Session Detection of Bacteremia and Biomarkers for Sepsis Tuesday, 11:15 a.m.–1:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halls A-C Presentations: D-1402 Usefulness of Procalcitonin and C-Reactive Protein as Diagnostic Markers of Bacterial Infection in Febrile Neutropenia M. Aimoto , H. Koh, M. Bingo , M. Yoshida, H. Okamura, T. Yoshimura , A. Inaba, S. Koh , S. Nanno , M. Nishimoto , Y. Hayashi , A. Hirose, M. Nakamae, K. Hagihara, Y. Terada, T. Nakane, H. Nakamae, , M. Hino; Graduate Sch. of Med., Osaka City Univ., Osaka, Japan. D-1403 Use of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1-Alpha MCP- 1 Ơ, Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Type 1 sTNFR-1 and C-Reactive Protein CRP in the Prediction of Fever in Neutropenic Patients A. V. Macedo, H. Bittencourt, A. S. Miranda, M. Marriel, V. C. S. Rocha, A. L. Teixeira, V. Nobre; Univ. Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. D-1404 Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor suPAR Levels May Predict Positive Blood Cultures in Systemic Inflam- matory Response Syndrome M. Hoenigl, R. B. Raggam, J. Wagner, A. J. Grisold, W. Krammer, K. Seeber, F. Prueller, E. Leitner, R. Krause; Med. Univ. of Graz, Austria, Graz, Austria. D-1405 Is Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activation Receptor SUPAR A Valuable Tool in the Follow-Up Febrile Neutropenic Patients with Hematological Malignancy?

S. Kaya

1 , G. Yılmaz 1 , A. Mentese 2 , M. Sönmez 3 , A. Uzun Sümer 2 , S. Sönmez Yıldırım 1 , . Köksal 1 ; 1 Karadeniz Tech. Univ. Faculty of Med., Trabzon, Turkey. D-1406 High Level of Autoantibody to Interferon-Gamma, a Major Cause of Acquired Cell-Mediated Immune Deficiency in Non- HIV Individuals in Northern Thailand

P. Wongkulab, J. Wipasa, R. Chaiwarith, K. Supparatpinyo; Chiang Mai Univ., Chiang Mai, Thailand.

D-1407 Serum Levels of Interferon Gamma in Patients with Brucellosis in a Saudi Hospital M. M. A. Abo-Shadi 1 , A. I. H. Al-Harbi 2 , E. Ballal 3 ; 1 Faculty of Sci.-Taibah Univ., Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia, 2 Taibah Univ., AlMadinah AlMunawarah, Saudi Arabia, 3 Prince Sultan Armed Forces Hosp., AlMadinah AlMu- nawarah, Saudi Arabia. D-1408 Detection of Integrons in Blood Cultures: Predictive Value for Acquired Resistance to Antibiotics?

O. Barraud

1,2,3 , D. Chainier 1,2,3 , J. Vignaud 3 , M. Ploy 1,2,3 ; 1 INSERM, Limoges, France, 2 Univ. Limoges, Limoges, France, 3 CHU Limoges, Limoges, France. D-1409 Comparison of Charcoal-Containing Aerobic and Standard Aerobic Blood Culture Media: Comparing Yield and Time to Detection

G. N. Hartmeyer, T.Besser and R.B Dessau; Slagelse Sygehus Clinical Microbiol., Slagelse, Denmark.

D-1410 Same-Day Blood Culture with Digital Microscopy

S. Metzger

1 , C. S. Price 2 , K. Hance 1 , D. Howson 1 ; 1 Accelr8, Denver, CO, 2 Denver Hlth. Med. Ctr., Denver, CO. D-1411 The Value of Adding Septifast to a Prediction Score for Complicated Bloodstream Infections Caused by Gram-Positive Bacteria or Candida A. Fernandez-Cruz, M. Marín, M. Kestler, L. Alcalá, M. Rodríguez- Créixems, E. Bouza; Hosp. Gen. Univ. Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. D-1412 Comparison of Conventional Blood Culture and Real-Time PCR of Culture Bottles and Whole Blood for Diagnostic of Bloodstream Infections in Pediatric Oncologic Patients

M. G. Quiles

1 , L. C. Menezes 1 , K. C. Bauab 1 , T. T. Rocchetti 1 , F. S. Palomo 1 , E. Gumpl 3 , F. Carlesse 2 , A. C. C. Pignatari 1 ,; 1 Federal Univ. of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2 Inst. of Pediatric Oncology, GRAACCIPO UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil, 3 UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil. D-1413 Clinical Impact of Matrix-Assisted Laser DesorptionIon- ization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry MALDI-ToF MS Identifications from Positive Blood Cultures Bottles

D. Martiny

1 , F. Debaugnies 1 , D. Gateff 2 , M. Gérard 2 , A. Dediste 1 , M. Chantrenne 1 , C. Martin 2 , D. Konopnicki 2 , M. Aoun 3 , A. Loizidou 3 , A. Georgala 3 , M. Hainaut 2 , O. Vandenberg 1 , S. Van Praet 2 ; 1 Saint-Pierre Univ. Hosp. and Jules Bordet Inst., Brussels, Belgium, 2 Saint-Pierre Univ. Hosp., Brussels, Belgium, 3 Jules Bordet Inst., Brussels, Belgium. D-1414 Performance Characteristics of Rapid Prototype Immuno- assays for the Detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Prediction of Susceptibility Directly from Blood Cultures

C. V. Larka, G. W. Svanas, L. Robertson, S. Elagin; Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Cincinnati, OH.

D-1415 Rapid Detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin- Resistant S. aureus MRSA in Blood Cultures: Evaluation of the GenomEra MRSASA Assay

E. Cercenado

1 , C. Sánchez-Carrillo 1 , M. Marín 1 , A. Vindel 2 , M. Rodrí- guez-Créixems 1 , E. Bouza 1 ; 1 Hosp. Gen. Univ. Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain, 2 Inst. de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. D-1416 Evaluation of a Microarray Based Assay for Rapid Detection of Gram-Positive Organisms and Resistance Markers in Positive Blood Cultures L. P. Samuel, R. J. Tibbetts, A. Agotesku, M. Fey, R. Hensley, F. A. Meier; Henry Ford Hlth. System, Detroit, MI. D-1417 Performance of the Nanosphere Verigene Gram-Positive Blood Culture Nucleic Acid Test for Rapid Detection of S. aureus, S. epidermidis and mecA Directly from Positive Blood Cultures Withdrawn D-1418 Verification of a Commercial Signal Amplification Assay for Rapid Identification of MRSA from Blood Culture Bottles

G. A. Capraro; LSU Hlth. Sci. Ctr., Shreveport, LA. D-1419

Evaluation of Three Rapid Methods to Identify Staphylococcus aureus and Determine Cloxacillin Susceptibility Directly from Positive Blood Culture S. Molinos, M. Quesada, L. Mateu, M. Colomer, C. Rodrigo, M. Gimenez; Hosp. Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain. D-1420 Analysis of Sequential Time to Positivity of Blood Culture Samples among Patients with Persistent Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

C. Liao; Far Eastern Mem. Hosp., New Taipei City, Taiwan.

149 TUESDAY SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS Final Program D-1421 Antimicrobial Resistance Profile of Salmonella Isolates from Typhoid Fever Outbreak in Rwanda, May 2011

I. M. Uwimana

1 , T. Mukankwiro 1 , N. Umulisa 2 , E. Habyarimana 3 , J. Flan- din 4 , O. Mukabayire 1 ; 1 RBCIHDPCNatl. Reference Lab., Kigali, Rwanda, 2 RBCIHDPCMalaria Div., Kigali, Rwanda, 3 Ruhengeri District Hosp., Musanze, Rwanda, 4 Natl. Reference Lab., Kigali, Rwanda. D-1422 Importance of Appropriate Antibiotic Usage in the Clearance of Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteremia

Y. Chuang

1 , S. Chang 1 , W. Wang 2 ; 1 Natl. Taiwan Univ. Hosp., Taipei, Tai- wan, 2 John A. Burns Sch. of Med., Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI. D-1423 MALDI-ToF MS and Direct Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing from Positive Blood Cultures: Comparison of the Bac- talert and Bactec System

H. Wisplinghoff

1,2 , T. Hoppe 2 , A. Hamprecht 1 , U. Aurbach 2 ; 1 Univ. of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 2 Dres. Wisplinghoff Colleagues, Cologne, Germany. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 171 D Poster Session Diagnosis, Characterization and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: Gram-Positive Cocci Tuesday, 11:15 a.m.–1:15 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Halls A-C Presentations: D-1424 Evaluation of a Cost Effective Broth and Selective Agar Combination for the Detection of MRSA and Staphylococcus aureus from Surveillance Specimens

E. L. Chan, D. Seales; Trinity Med. Ctr., Birmingham, AL. D-1425

Droplet Digital PCR for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Clinical Swabs

D. C. Sullivan

1 , K. L. Kelley 1 , B. A. Chapman 1 , P. Belgrader 2 ; 1 Univ. of Mis- sissippi Med. Ctr., Jackson, MS, 2 BioRad Clin. Diag. Group, Hercules, CA. D-1426 Rapid Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA Screening on Admission to Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units in an Italian Pediatric Hospital R. Bandettini, M. Perotti, F. Risso, A. Moscatelli, M. Diana, L. Pescetto, L. Ricagni, E. Castagnola; Ist. G. Gaslni, Lab. Centrale, Genoa, Italy. D-1427 Evaluation of the Xpert Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA Assay for Rapid Detection of Nasal Carriage of MRSA Withdrawn. D-1428 A New Multiplex Pcr to Detect Sccmec Types in Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus of Nasal Carriage F. S. Cavalcante, D. C. Ferreira, Y. C. Lyra, F. Monteiro, E. D. Abad, K. R. N. dos Santos; Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. D-1429 Phage Open-Reading Frames Typing Method for Methi- cillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Outbreak Investigation in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit S. Matsushita, T. Shoji, K. Kinoshita, Y. Horikoshi; Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Med. Ctr., Tokyo, Japan. D-1430 Automated System Fails to Detect an Unusual Macrolide Resistance Phenotype among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus T. Hosbul 1 , B. Bozdogan 2 , T. Haznedaroglu 1 , M. Ozyurt 1 ; 1 Gulhane Mili- tary Med. Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hosp., Istanbul, Turkey, 2 Adnan Menderes Univ. Faculty of Med., Aydin, Turkey, Aydin, Turkey. D-1431 Reduced Activity of Clindamycin against Various Strepto- cocci with Clindamycin-Inducible Resistance in the Neutropenic Thigh Infection Model A. J. Lepak 1 , W. A. Craig 1 , D. R. Andes 2 , K. Marchillo 3 , J. van Hecker 3 ; 1 Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2 Univ. of Wisconsin, William S Middle- ton Mem. VA Hosp., Madison, WI, 3 William S Middleton Mem. VA Hosp., Madison, WI. D-1432 Use of DNA Microarray to Characterize Oxacillin-Susceptible, mecA-Positive Staphylococcus aureus

K. A. Sharff