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Evaluation of Etest® strips for detection of KPC and metallo-carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae

Girlich, Delphine ; Halimi, Diane ; Zambardi, Gilles ; Nordmann, Patrice

In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 2013, vol. 77, no. 3, p. 200–201

The performance of Etest KPC and MBL strips (bioMérieux) was evaluated as compared to other phenotypic tests for detecting carbapenemases of the KPC-type and metallo-β-lactamases, respectively, on 133 well-characterized enterobacterial isolates. KPC and meropenem-containing MP/MPI Etest had high sensitivity (>92 %) and specificity (>97 %). More

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    Title
    • Evaluation of Etest® strips for detection of KPC and metallo-carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae
    Author
    • Girlich, Delphine. INSERM U914 “Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics”, Faculté de Médecine Paris Sud, K.-Bicêtre, France
    • Halimi, Diane. Research and Development Microbiology, bioMérieux, La Balme-les-Grottes, France
    • Zambardi, Gilles. Research and Development Microbiology, bioMérieux, La Balme-les-Grottes, France
    • Nordmann, Patrice. INSERM U914 “Emerging Resistance to Antibiotics”, Faculté de Médecine Paris Sud, K.-Bicêtre, France - Medical and Molecular Microbiology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Classification
    • Health
    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:20140306102941-YK
    Submission No.
    • 20140306102941-YK
    Summary
    The performance of Etest KPC and MBL strips (bioMérieux) was evaluated as compared to other phenotypic tests for detecting carbapenemases of the KPC-type and metallo-β-lactamases, respectively, on 133 well-characterized enterobacterial isolates. KPC and meropenem-containing MP/MPI Etest had high sensitivity (>92 %) and specificity (>97 %).