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. 2017 Jul 25;36(11):2281–2287. doi: 10.1007/s10096-017-3062-0

Table 3.

The Carba NP results for Pseudomonas spp. (15 carbapenemase producers and 6 carbapenemase non-producers) and the CarbAcineto results for Acinetobacter spp. (32 carbapenemase producers and 10 carbapenemase non-producers) grown on a set of microbiological media

Carba NP CarbAcineto
Pseudomonas spp. Acinetobacter spp.
Microbiological media Manufacturer VIM; n = 14a IMP; n = 1a c-npb; n = 6a VIM; n = 16a OXA-like; n = 16a c-npb; n = 10a
+ +/− NG (NI) + NG (NI) + +/− NG (NI) + +/− NG (NI) + +/− NG (NI) + +/− NG (NI)
Columbia blood agar BD 14 1 6 16 16 10
chromID CPS agar bioMérieux 14 1 6 14 2 16 9 (1)
CHROMagar Orientation Medium BD 13 1 1 2 4 11 4 1 15 1 1 9
Brilliance UTI agar Oxoid 14 1 3 3 12 4 15 1 9 (1)
Brilliance UTI Clarity agar Oxoid 12 1 (1) 1 1 2 3 14 2 15 1 1 8 (1)
Brilliance ESBL agar Oxoid 8 3 2 (1) 1 1 5 13 (3) 13 2 1 1 2 6 (1)
chromID ESBL agar bioMérieux 12 1 1 1 1 4 1 14 1 1 15 1 8 1 (1)
Brilliance CRE agar Oxoid 14 1 1 3 2 10 2 4 15 1 7 2 (1)
chromID CARBA agar bioMérieux 10 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 10 6 15 1 8 2
KPC CHROM agar GRASO 12 2 1 6 11 2 3 15 1 8 2
chromID OXA-48 agar bioMérieux 3 3 8 1 3 3 1 9 6 9 2 4 1 3 7
MH Bio-Rad 9 5 1 1 5 16 16 1 1 8
MH Liofilchem 13 1 1 1 5 16 14 1 1 10
MH GRASO 13 1 1 6 16 16 1 8 (1)
MH BD 14 1 6 16 15 1 1 2 7
MH Oxoid 13 1 1 6 16 16 10
MHE bioMérieux 14 1 2 4 16 16 9 (1)
MHF bioMérieux 5 3 6 1 6 11 3 2 15 1 1 8 (1)

a+, positive; +/−, questionable; −, negative; (NI), not interpretable; NG, no growth

bc-np, carbapenemase-non-producers