DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01185-17
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MICs for reference and previous positive strains used for performance evaluation of broth enrichment methods
Organism No. of isolates No. of isolatesa with: Ertapenem MIC (μg/ml) of: Meropenem MIC (μg/ml) of: ≤0.5 (S) 1.0 (I) 2.0–4.0 (R) >4.0 (R) ≤1.0 (S) 2.0 (I) 4.0 (R) >4.0 (R) Aeromonas hydrophila 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Citrobacter freundii 8 1 1 5 1 4 0 2 2 Citrobacter amalonaticus 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Enterobacter aerogenes 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Escherichia coli 7 2 0 2 3 4 1 1 1 Enterobacter cloacae 19 0 0 7 12 1 6 5 7 Klebsiella oxytoca 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 Klebsiella pneumoniae 48 2 1 20 25 9 7 9 23 Providencia rettgeri 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Pantoea species 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Total 90 5 4 37 44 20 16 19 35 ↵a Clinical interpretation of MICs was done in accordance with CLSI document M100-S25. S, susceptible; I, intermediate; R, resistant.
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Comparison of performance of enrichment methods with surveillance specimens
Method and result(s) No. of samples KPC positive KPC negative Total TSB-ETP Turbidity positive 4 290 294 Turbidity negative 0 193 193 Both 4 483 487 TSB-EFL Turbidity positive 4 47 51 Turbidity negative 0 436 436 Both 4 483 487
