False-positive immunochromatographic CTX-M enzyme test from direct testing of a positive blood culture

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2022 Mar;41(3):511-513. doi: 10.1007/s10096-021-04381-5. Epub 2021 Nov 22.

Authors

Chung-Ho Lee¹, Shuo Jiang², Man-Ki Tong², Cindy Wing-Sze Tse¹, Pak-Leung Ho³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Pathology, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong, China.
² Department of Microbiology, and Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
³ Department of Microbiology, and Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. [email protected].

PMID: 34807363
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-021-04381-5

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins
Blood Culture*
Humans
Immunologic Tests
beta-Lactamases*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
beta-Lactamases

Grants and funding

CID-HKU1-13/Health and Medical Research Fund