Antimicrobial Resistance
Carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella is not detected by susceptibility testing
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 1st, 2006
"Detecting beta-lactamase-mediated carbapenem resistance among Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates and other Enterobacteriaceae is an emerging problem. In this study, 15 b/a(KPC)-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae that showed discrepant results for imipenem and meropenem from four New York City hospitals were characterized by isoelectric focusing; broth microdilution (BMD); disk diffusion (DD); and MicroScan, Phoenix, Sensititer, VITEK, and VITEK 2 automated systems," investigators in the United States report.
"All 15...
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