| Literature DB >> 21159944 |
Fernando Pasteran1, Celeste Lucero, Rolando Soloaga, Melina Rapoport, Alejandra Corso.
Abstract
Imipenem and meropenem Vitek 2 MICs were evaluated for a panel of 104 Enterobacteriaceae for identification of carbapenemase producers. The sensitivity and specificity values for the new CLSI interpretative criteria (CLSI document M100-S20-U, 2010) were 98% and 83% for imipenem and 76% and 83% for meropenem, respectively. We propose an algorithm that is highly sensitive (98%) and specific (94%) for carbapenemase screening based on the combined use of imipenem and meropenem MICs.Entities:
Mesh:
Substances:
Year: 2010 PMID: 21159944 PMCID: PMC3043475 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01178-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948