| Literature DB >> 24674388 |
Elizabeth B Hirsch1, Kai-Tai Chang2, Paola C Zucchi3, Dennis N Francoeur3, Kimberly R Ledesma2, Vincent H Tam4, Todd M Lasco5.
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. Meropenem-phenylboronic acid double disk synergy testing demonstrated the best performance with 100% sensitivity and specificity.Entities:
Keywords: CRE; Carbapenem; Chromogenic agar; Modified Hodge test; Phenylboronic acid
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24674388 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2013.10.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Chemother ISSN: 1341-321X Impact factor: 2.211