Abstract
Rectal swabs from high-risk patients were screened for carbapenem-resistant organisms (CROs) using several methods. The direct MacConkey plate method was the most sensitive for CROs (95%), while chromID CARBA and the Check-Direct CPE screen assay were the most sensitive for the detection of carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) (100%; all blaKPC). All methods had a specificity of >90% for CROs, and for CPOs, the specificity ranged from 85 to 98%. Broth enrichment methods performed poorly compared to direct inoculation methods, negating the need for the broth enrichment step.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1664-1667 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2016 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)