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. 2018 Apr:147:66-68.
doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2018.03.002. Epub 2018 Mar 7.

A new selective broth enrichment automated method for detection of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from rectal swabs

Fabio Arena  1 , Tommaso Giani  2 , Alberto Antonelli  3 , Olga Lorenza Colavecchio  3 , Patrizia Pecile  4 , Bruno Viaggi  5 , Riccardo Favilli  6 , Gian Maria Rossolini  7
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A new selective broth enrichment automated method for detection of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from rectal swabs

Fabio Arena et al. J Microbiol Methods. 2018 Apr.

Abstract

We evaluated the performance of an automated, rapid (TAT 4-8 h), liquid-culture method for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) detection from rectal swabs, in a setting of KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae endemicity. With 600 samples (22 positive for CRE, 3.7%), the system sensitivity and specificity, at 8 h, were 100% and 99.2%, respectively.

Keywords: Carbapenemase; Carriers; Colonization; Italy; Laboratory automation; Screening.

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