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American Society for Microbiology, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 7(63), 2019
DOI: 10.1128/aac.00550-19
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Simplified Testing Method for Direct Detection of Carbapenemase-Producing Organisms from Positive Blood Cultures Using the NG-Test Carba 5 Assay
Journal article published in 2019 by
Liliana Giordano,
Barbara Fiori,
Tiziana D’Inzeo,
Gabriella Parisi,
Flora Marzia Liotti,
Giulia Menchinelli,
Giulia De Angelis,
Flavio De Maio 
,
Francesco Luzzaro,
Maurizio Sanguinetti ,
Brunella Posteraro,
Teresa Spanu
,
Francesco Luzzaro,
Maurizio Sanguinetti ,
Brunella Posteraro,
Teresa Spanu
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Abstract
We directly tested 484 organisms from clinical ( n = 310) and simulated ( n = 174) positive blood cultures using the NG-Test Carba 5 assay for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales detection. The assay identified all but 4 of the KPC (170/171), OXA-48-like (22/22), VIM (19/21), and NDM (14/15) producers with no false positives.