New Microbes and New Infections (Sep 2015)

Rapid identification of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii using a modified Carba NP test

  • S. Bakour,
  • V. Garcia,
  • L. Loucif,
  • J.-M. Brunel,
  • A. Gharout-Sait,
  • A. Touati,
  • J.-M. Rolain

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2015.07.001
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. C
pp. 89 – 93

Abstract

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Biochemical tests have been previously developed to identify carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas spp. (Carba NP test) and Acinetobacter spp. (CarbAcineto NP test). We evaluated a modified Carba NP test to detect carbapenemase production in Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter species using a single protocol with rapid results and found good reliability and speed.

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