MASTDISCS combi Carba plus, a simple discrimination method for carbapenemase ‐producing Enterobacteriaceae including OXA‐48‐type producers

This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the MASTDISCS® combi Carba plus disc system in the identification of different carbapenemase types, including OXA‐48‐type carbapenemase for which no specific enzyme inhibitors have so far been available. The simple disc system exerts its discriminatory power of carbapenemase including OXA‐48‐types exhibiting low carbapenem MICs by targeting Enterobacteriaceae isolates with EUCAST meropenem screening cut‐off of ≥0.25 mg/L.

Source: Microbiology and Immunology - October 1, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Yusuke Ohsaki, Ryoichi Kubo, Jonathan Hobson, Mya Davies, Shunsuke Osaka, Wataru Hayashi, Yui Taniguchi, Shota Koide, Yukiko Nagano, Noriyuki Nagano Tags: Note Source Type: research