Bo Yan Khoo, Pei Yun Hon, Janice Leong, Prakki Sai Rama Sridatta, Natascha May Thevasagayam, Song Qi Dennis Loy, Jasmine J Y Chua, Brenda Sze Peng Ang, Angela Chow, Kalisvar Marimuthu, Partha Pratim De, Oon Tek Ng, Shawn Vasoo
NG-Test CARBA 5 (NG-Biotech) is a rapid in vitro multiplex immunoassay for the phenotypic detection and differentiation of the "big five" carbapenemase families (KPC, OXA-48-like, VIM, IMP, and NDM). Version 2 of this assay was evaluated alongside the Xpert Carba-R assay (Cepheid, Inc.), the modified carbapenem inactivation method (mCIM), and the CIMTris assay, with a collection of carbapenem-resistant non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli comprising 138 Pseudomonas aeruginosa and 97 Acinetobacter baumannii isolates...
September 21, 2023: Journal of Clinical Microbiology