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Identification of Enterobacteriaceae and detection of carbapenemases from positive blood cultures by combination of MALDI-TOF MS and Carba NP performed after four hour subculture in Mueller Hinton

JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS (2016)

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JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Volume 129, Issue -, Pages 133-135

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.08.014

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MALDI-TOF MS; Carba NP; Blood cultures; Carbapenemase detection

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Biochemical Research Methods Microbiology

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A new protocol for Enterobacteriaceae identification and detection of carbapenemase-producing isolates from blood cultures by combining MALDI-TOF MS and the Carba NP test has been evaluated. Bacterial identification was correct in 129 of the 130 isolates tested while the Carba NP detected 28 out of the 29 carbapenemase producers. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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