Abstract
Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Enterobacteriaceae may display MICs to carbapenems within susceptible or intermediate ranges, prompting confirmatory testing. Four phenotypic methods to detect KPC producers were evaluated against a collection of clinical Enterobacteriaceae isolates. Meropenemephenylboronic acid double disk synergy testing demonstrated the best performance with 100% sensitivity and specificity.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 224-227 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported in part by the St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital's Roderick D. MacDonald Research Fund .
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- CRE
- Carbapenem
- Chromogenic agar
- Modified Hodge test
- Phenylboronic acid
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