Comparison of the CHROMagar™ KPC, Remel Spectra™ CRE, and a direct ertapenem disk method for the detection of KPC-producing Enterobacteriaceae from perirectal swabs

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 356-359

  Vasoo, Shawn ^a,b   Lolans, Karen ^a   Li, Haiying ^a   Prabaker, Kavitha ^a   Hayden, Mary K ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

CHROMagar; Chromogenic media; Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase; Perirectal swabs; Screening; Spectra CRE

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; ERTAPENEM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHROMAGAR; CHROMOGENIC MEDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE CARBAPENEMASE; PERIRECTAL SWABS; SCREENING; SPECTRA CRE;

ANAL CANAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84895899606     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.08.016     Document Type: Article

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