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Dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in France, 2012

Dortet, Laurent ; Cuzon, Gaelle ; Nordmann, Patrice

In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2014, vol. 69, no. 3, p. 623-627

Université de Fribourg

Rapid detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae from blood cultures

Dortet, Laurent ; Bréchard, Ludivine ; Poirel, Laurent ; Nordmann, Patrice

In: Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2013, p. -

The biochemical-based Carba NP test has been evaluated to detect carbapenemase- producing Enterobacteriaceae (n = 193) directly from spiked blood cultures. It was able to rapidly detect KPC (n = 50), IMP (n = 27), VIM (n = 37), NDM (n = 33) and OXA-48-like producers (n = 46) with sensitivity and specificity of 97.9% and 100%, respectively. This cost-effective technique may be implemented in...