Phenotypic and molecular detection methods for carbapenemase-producing organisms and their clinical significance at two Scottish tertiary care hospitals.

CONCLUSION: In a lowincidence setting we demonstrate the efficacy of a combined local laboratory workflow for rapid detection of CPOs, incorporating phenotypic and molecular testing. In 7/34 patients the CPO was implicated as a pathogen and detection influenced antimicrobial decision-making in five colonized patients. PMID: 30869579 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - March 13, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Toner G, Russell CD, Hamilton F, Templeton K, Laurenson IF Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research