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Comparative evaluation of a new commercial media, the CHROMAgar™ mSuperCARBA™, for the detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

2017; Elsevier BV; Volume: 88; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2017.02.004

1879-0070

Maayan Ben Dalak Amar, Ohad Shalom, Amos Adler,

Mycobacterium research and diagnosis

A new chromogenic-based medium (mSuperCARBA™) was tested for screening carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). mSuperCARBA™ was more sensitive (83%) in detecting CPE isolates (n=69, including KPC, NDM, OXA-48, VIM, and IMI) compared with CHROMAgar™-KPC (65%) and MacConkey agar with Imipenem (69%) with comparable specificity for non carbapenemase-producing, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (n=29).