Rapid detection of blaKPC carbapenemase genes by internally controlled real-time PCR assay using bactec blood culture bottles

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2480-2484

  Hindiyeh, Musa ^a   Smollan, Gill ^b   Grossman, Zehava ^a   Ram, Daniela ^a   Robinov, Jana ^a   Belausov, Natasha ^b   Ben David, Debbie ^b   Tal, Ilana ^b   Davidson, Yehudit ^b   Shamiss, Ari ^c   Mendelson, Ella ^a,b   Keller, Nathan ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLAKPC GENE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNASE P GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

BOVINAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; BLOOD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959833446     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00149-11     Document Type: Article

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