A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Evaluation of the Carba NP Test for Carbapenemase Detection




AuthorsMonica Österblad, Antti J. Hakanen, Jari Jalava

Publication year2014

JournalAntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volume58

Issue12

First page 7553

Last page7556

Number of pages4

ISSN0066-4804

eISSN1098-6596

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02761-13


Abstract

The Carba NP test was evaluated against a panel of 61 carbapenemase-producing bacterial species (15 producing class A carbapenemases, 15 producing class D carbapenemases, and 31 producing metallo-β-lactamases) and against 111 isolates with non-wild-type carbapenem susceptibility but not producing carbapenemase. Carbapenemase production was verified by PCR and UV-spectrophotometric measurement of imipenem hydrolysis. No false positives were seen, but there were consistent problems with the detection of OXA-48-like enzymes and also some rarer class A enzymes.




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