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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2008, p. 3110-3111, Vol. 46, No. 9
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00249-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Evaluation of CHROMagar KPC for Rapid Detection of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae{triangledown}

Zmira Samra,1 Judi Bahar,2 Liora Madar-Shapiro,2 Nazi Aziz,1 Sara Israel,2 and Jihad Bishara3*

Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology,1 Unit of Infectious Diseases, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Petah-Tiqwa 49100, Israel,3 Hylab, Rehovot, Israel2

Received 6 February 2008/ Returned for modification 18 March 2008/ Accepted 3 July 2008

A new CHROMagar KPC medium was compared to MacConkey agar with carbapenem discs and PCR for the blaKPC gene for rapid detection of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. The sensitivity and specificity relative to PCR were 100% and 98.4%, respectively, for CHROMagar KPC and 92.7% and 95.9%, respectively, for MacConkey agar.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Infectious Diseases Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petah-Tiqwa 49100, Israel. Phone: (972) 3-937-7511. Fax: (972) 3-937-7513. E-mail: bishara{at}netvision.net.il

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 16 July 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2008, p. 3110-3111, Vol. 46, No. 9
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00249-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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