Suitability of Carbapenem Inactivation Method (CIM) for Detection of IMP Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae

J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Apr;55(4):1220-1222. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02275-16. Epub 2017 Jan 18.

Authors

Kyoichi Saito^{1

2}, Ryuichi Nakano³, Yuki Suzuki³, Akiyo Nakano³, Yoshihiko Ogawa⁴, Shinsuke Yonekawa⁴, Shiro Endo², Fumiko Mizuno³, Kei Kasahara⁴, Keiichi Mikasa⁴, Mitsuo Kaku², Hisakazu Yano³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan [email protected].
² Department of Infection Control and Laboratory Diagnostics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
³ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan.
⁴ Center for Infectious Disease, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan.

No abstract available

Keywords: CIMCPECREEnterobacteriaceae; IMP.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / metabolism*
Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae / enzymology*
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification
Carbapenems / metabolism*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis*
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
Humans
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Sensitivity and Specificity
beta-Lactamases / analysis*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Carbapenems
beta-Lactamases