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. 2016 Jun 24;54(7):1814–1819. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00341-16

TABLE 4.

Summary of Xpert Carba-R performance for different carbapenemase targets versus that of the reference method (culture plus sequencing) for combined clinical and contrived specimens

Target gene Sensitivity (% [95% CI]) Specificity (% [95% CI]) PPV (%) NPV (%)
IMP-1 96.3 (81.0–99.9) 100 (99.4–100) 100 99.8
VIM 93.5 (78.6–99.2) 99.8 (99.1–100) 96.7 99.7
NDM 100 (86.8–100) 99.8 (99.1–100) 96.3 100
KPC 96.7 (82.8–99.9) 99.3 (98.3–99.8) 87.9 99.8
OXA-48 95.0 (83.1–99.4) 99.8 (99.1–100) 97.4 99.7