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. 2015 Oct 6;14:44. doi: 10.1186/s12941-015-0105-1

Table 2.

Relationship between susceptibility to carbapenems and OXA-48 gene positivity

Antibiotics E-TEST and OXA-48 VITEK® 2 and OXA-48
Positive Negative p Positive Negative p
S R S R S R S R
ERT 7 0 36 0 0.655 7 0 36 0
MEM 5 2 34 2 0.407 6 1 35 1 0.055
IMP 5 2 33 3 0.587 4 3 32 4 0.126

ERT ertapenem, MEM meropenem, IMP imipenem, S sensitive, R resistance