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

Journal: Antimicrobial 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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