| Literature DB >> 27053674 |
Patricia J Simner1, Isabella Martin2, Belita Opene2, Pranita D Tamma3, Karen C Carroll2, Aaron M Milstone3.
Abstract
Rectal swabs from high-risk patients were screened for carbapenem-resistant organisms (CROs) using several methods. The direct MacConkey plate method was the most sensitive for CROs (95%), while chromID CARBA and the Check-Direct CPE screen assay were the most sensitive for the detection of carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) (100%; all blaKPC). All methods had a specificity of >90% for CROs, and for CPOs, the specificity ranged from 85 to 98%. Broth enrichment methods performed poorly compared to direct inoculation methods, negating the need for the broth enrichment step.Entities:
Mesh:
Substances:
Year: 2016 PMID: 27053674 PMCID: PMC4879269 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00548-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948