Identifying Causing Vaccine-Preventable Meningitis

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Data management

CSF Specimen If specimen cannot be processed in <1 hour, If only one tube, inoculate into Tube microbiology Tube T-I medium. 1 is a priority 3 For details consult Lab Manual or Standard Tube Operating Procedures Chemical analysis: 2 Record overall appearance; protein and glucose tests perform cell count: WBCs

Microbiological tests

PCR Immunochromatographic Centrifuge Latex Test Agglutination Freeze 250µl-500µl Test of CSF for PCR 100-200µl CSF volume is needed Do not centrifuge if<1ml (if < 500µl CSF When using kits refer When using kits refer to available, freeze to manufacturers manufacturers standard any remaining CSF standard operating procedures (SOPs) operating procedures (SOPs) volume for PCR) in package insert ( Supernatant in package insert Pellet (

Gram Stain Culture on Blood (BAP) and Chocolate Agar Plate (CAP) Decolorize with 95% ethanol; do not decolorize longer than 10 sec. Use sheep or horse blood, NOT human blood

S. pneumoniae: H. influenzae: N. meningitidis: BAP CAP BAP or CAP

look for: gram POS. look for: gram NEG. look for: gram NEG. diplococci or cocci coccobacilli coffee-bean in short chains shaped diplococci S. pneumoniae H. influenzae N. meningitidis For any other results, look for: look for: look for: apply other routine lab methods: Notify clinician of Gram small, grayish, moist (sometimes large, round, colorless- round, moist, glistening, India ink, other culture media, etc. stain results within 1 hour! watery) colonies surrounded by to-grey, opaque colonies convex, gray and a greenish zone of α- unpigmented colonies

Optochin Growth Factor Kovac’s Oxidase

Using (P discs, 5µg, 6mm diameter), Do NOT transfer any of interpret zones for resistance (R) and susceptibility (S) the blood agar to the slide! RBCs in the blood agar will No color change If filter paper turns blue/purple cause a false-positive reaction indicates within a few seconds, indicates negative test presence of either H. influenzae or N. meningitidis

Perform additional gram stain R S on colonies to distinguish organism If no zone (or < 14 mm), If zone of inhibition If bubbling occurs, An absence of Does not require If growth only occurs perform bile solubility is ≥14 mm, indicates not bubbling indicates both hemin (X factor) with BOTH X factor test before ruling out susceptibility and a negative test and NAD (V factor) and V factor: If stain indicates If stain indicates presence of Streptococcus spp. for growth: indicates N. meningitidis, H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae are catalase negative not H. influenzae H. influenzae to confirm,test for: organism is confirmed

Bile Solubility Enter results into surveillance logbook and CTA Sugars If cells do not lyse If cells lyse (dissolve) and report to clinicians and appropriate officials. look for: visible turbidity or color change to yellow (insoluble), turbidity disappears, not S. pneumoniae report as S. pneumoniae Link clinical and lab data for each patient

Contacts Storage Additional Name Phone Number Tests sucrose, lactose glucose, maltose Hospital surveillance coordinator: ______Freeze bacterial isolates and any remaining CSF If acid occurs in sucrose If acid production occurs Hospital laboratory coordinator: ______for molecular testing Antimicrobial susceptibility tests: or lactose, or any other in glucose and maltose, Hospital data manager: ______at a Reference Lab. to be performed according to pattern of colors appears, but not in sucrose or ______Include label and date on frozen internationally recognized not N. meningitidis lactose, report as

Additional information: http://www.who.int/nuvi/surveillance/resources/en/index.html isolates and CSF specimens clinical guidelines N. meningitidis