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. 2021 Dec 22;9(3):e00954-21. doi: 10.1128/Spectrum.00954-21

TABLE 2.

Results of carbapenemase detection using four assaysa

ATCC strain KPC variant Nucleotide Amino-acid substitution Other β-lactams genes MIC (mg/L)
Detection method
ETP IPM MEM CZA MEV mCIM eCIM APB/EDTA NG-test Carba 5 GeneXpert Carba-R
BAA-1705 KPC-2 >32 (R) 16 (R) 32 (R) 0.5 (S) ≤0.06 (S) + Class A carbapenemase + KPC+ KPC+
BAA-2146 NDM-1 >32 (R) >32 (R) >32 (R) >64 (R) >64 (R) + + MBL+ NDM+ NDM+
25922 ≤0.06 (S) 0.125 (S) ≤0.06 (S) 0.5 (S) ≤0.06 (S)
a

ETP, ertapenem; IPM, imipenem; MEM, meropenem; CZA, ceftazidime-avibactam; MEV, meropenem-vaborbactam.