Table 3.
Comparison of three phenotypic methods for carbapenemase detection in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains.
mCIM | CIMTris | mHodge Test | |
---|---|---|---|
True positive | 12 | 28 | 3 |
True negative | 8 | 4 | 8 |
False positive | 0 | 3 | 0 |
False negative | 15 | 0 | 24 |
Specificity (%) | 100 | 90,4 | 100 |
Sensitivity (%) | 34.8 | 100 | 25 |
mCIM: modified carbapenem inactivation method; CIMTris: carbapenem inactivation method Tris; mHodge test: modified Hodge test; %: percentage.