Evaluation of the Carbapenem Detection Set ™ for the detection and characterization of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

The objective of this study was to assess the performance of the Carbapenemase Detection Set ™ (CDS; Mast Diagnostics) in association with i) the EUCAST meropenem screening cut-off and ii) the faropenem–temocillin algorithm (FTa) for the screening of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE). A total of 200 well-characterized enterobacterial isolates with reduced susceptibility t o at least one carbapenem including 63 non-CPEs and 137 CPEs belonging to different Ambler classes were initially screened for CPEs using i) the EUCAST meropenem cut-off (diameter
Source: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease - Category: Microbiology Authors: Source Type: research