Detection of carbapenemase-producing gram-negative bacteria using a simplified Carba NP test

作者:Yan, Qun; Liu, Qingxia; Li, Yanming; Li, Hongling; Liang, Xianghui; Zou, Mingxiang; Liu, Wen-en*
来源:Journal of Microbiological Methods, 2016, 123: 1-3.
DOI:10.1016/j.mimet.2016.02.008

摘要

A simplified Carba NP test (CNPt), the CNPt-direct, was evaluated for carbapenemase detection using 272 gram negative bacteria. Compared to the Modified Hodge test, the CNPt-direct had higher sensitivity (98.2% vs. 71.6%). The simplified Carba NP is an accurate, cheap and simple test for rapid carbapenemase detection.