The Novel CarbaLux Test for Carbapenemases and Carbapenem Deactivating AmpC Beta-Lactamases

The Novel CarbaLux Test for Carbapenemases and Carbapenem Deactivating AmpC Beta-Lactamases

ObjectivesTo evaluate the rapid phenotypic CarbaLux test for routine diagnostics in the medical laboratory in a proof of concept study.Methodsisolates of Gram-negative bacteria suspicious for carbapenem resistance including Enterobacterales (67), Pseudomonas (10), Acinetobacter (5), and Stenotrophom...

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Main Authors: Hans Rudolf Pfaendler, Hans-Ulrich Schmidt, Heike Freidank
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
antibiotic resistance
rapid CarbaLux test
fluorescent carbapenem
carbapenemase
plasmidic resistance
AmpC beta-lactamase
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.588887/full

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