Constanza Muñoz, Cecilia Zumarán, Tamara González, Aniela Wozniak, Claudia Castillo, Patricia García
INTRODUCTION: The detection of carbapenemase-producing gram negative bacilli is complicated, because there are available multiple options of test. The confirmation of the enzyme by molecular characterization is not available in all laboratories in our country. OBJECTIVE: To propose a fast, efficient and simple strategy to detect and confirm CPB. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 39 CPB isolates and 8 non-producing were used to evaluate the phenotypic test Carba NP, CarbAcineto NP and Blue-Carba, validating the test Xpert® Carba-R, to be used directly with bacterial colonies with conventional PCR...
August 2017: Revista Chilena de Infectología: órgano Oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectología