Evaluation of the RAPIDEC® CARBA NP, the Rapid CARB Screen® and the Carba NP test for biochemical detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3014-3022

  Dortet, Laurent ^a,b,c   Agathine, Aurélie ^b,c   Naas, Thierry ^a,b,c   Cuzon, Gaëlle ^a,b,c   Poirel, Laurent ^d   Nordmann, Patrice ^d,e  

^a Associated National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance   (France)

^b Associated French National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance: Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae   (France)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^e Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84949024158     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkv213     Document Type: Article

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