Evaluation of CHROMagar KPC for Rapid Detection of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
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Evaluation of CHROMagar KPC for rapid detection of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
A new CHROMagar KPC medium was compared to MacConkey agar with carbapenem discs and PCR for the bla(KPC) gene for rapid detection of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. The sensitivity and specificity relative to PCR were 100% and 98.4%, respectively, for CHROMagar KPC and 92.7% and 95.9%, respectively, for MacConkey agar.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00249-08