Evaluation of CHROMagar™ KPC for the detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in rectal surveillance cultures

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-128

  Panagea, Theofano ^a   Galani, Irene ^a   Souli, Maria ^a   Adamou, Panagiota ^a   Antoniadou, Anastasia ^a   Giamarellou, Helen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Enterobacter spp; Imipenem supplemented McConkey agar; Klebsiella pneumoniae; KPC detection; VIM detection

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE KPC; BETA LACTAMASE VIM; CARBAPENEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECTUM;

EID: 78751572831     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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