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Comparative Study
. 2015 Oct;53(10):3370-3.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01547-15. Epub 2015 Aug 12.

Performance of the CLSI Carba NP and the Rosco Carb Screen Assays Using North American Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates

Lauren C Gallagher  1 , Sylvester S Roundtree  1 , Diana P Lancaster  1 , Susan D Rudin  2 , Jennifer Dien Bard  3 , Amity L Roberts  4 , Steven H Marshall  2 , Robert A Bonomo  5 , Kaede V Sullivan  6
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Comparative Study

Performance of the CLSI Carba NP and the Rosco Carb Screen Assays Using North American Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates

Lauren C Gallagher et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Oct.

Abstract

This study compared the performance of the Carba NP assay, published by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, and the Rosco Rapid Carb Screen kit. Carba NP had superior sensitivity, but both assays required an increased inoculum to detect carbapenemase production in isolates with blaNDM, blaIMP, and blaOXA-48.

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