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. 2020 Oct 21;58(11):e00171-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00171-20

TABLE 2.

Micronaut-S carbapenemase detection microplate results for 150 carbapenemase-negative Gram-negative isolates

Species Total no. No. of isolates demonstrating resistance mechanism(s)
No. of test resultsb
ESBL AmpC ESBL + AmpC AmpC + porin loss OXY HPa No β-lactamase Potential +
C. freundii 1 1 1
E. cloacae 2 2 2
E. coli 86 45 8 8 1 24 86
H. alvei 1 1 1
K. aerogenes 3 1 2 1 1 1c
K. oxytoca 11 4 1 5 1 11
K. pneumoniae 27 21 4 4 24 3
M. morganii 2 2 2
P. mirabilis 5 2 3 5
P. rettgeri 2 2 2
P. aeruginosa 5 5 5
Salmonella spp. 2 1 1 2
S. marcescens 3 3 3
Total 150 77 24 9 3 5 34 145 4 1
a

OXY HP, OXY hyperproduction. OXY-type cephalosporinases are intrinsic to K. oxytoca.

b

−, negative; +, positive; the “potential” heading refers to potential carbapenemase or potential impermeability and/or porin loss.

c

The isolate was misclassified as class A carbapenemase positive.