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A High-throughput Platform for the Screening of Salmonella spp./Shigella spp.
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Evaluation of a commercial microarray system for detection of SHV-, TEM-, CTX-M-, and KPC-type beta-lactamase genes
Andrea Endimiani1, Andrea M Hujer, Kristine M Hujer
1Research Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|May 28, 2010
Abstract:
We evaluated the ability of a commercial microarray system (Check KPC/ESBL; Check-Points Health BV) to detect clinically important class A beta-lactamase genes. A total of 106 Gram-negative strains were tested. The following sensitivity and specificity results were recorded, respectively: for bla(SHV), 98.8% and 100%; for bla(TEM), 100% and 96.4%; and for bla(CTX-M) and bla(KPC), 100% and 100%.
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