Triton X-100 and Increased Volume of Test Bacteria in the Carbapenem Inactivation Method Enhanced the Detection of Carbapenemase-Producing Acinetobacter baumannii Complex Isolates

J Clin Microbiol. 2018 Feb 22;56(3):e01982-17. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01982-17. Print 2018 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: CIM; Triton X-100; carbapenemase-producing A. baumannii; increased amount of bacteria.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / enzymology*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / metabolism*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacterial Proteins / analysis*
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Carbapenems / metabolism*
  • Carbapenems / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests / methods*
  • Octoxynol*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • beta-Lactamases / analysis*
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Carbapenems
  • Octoxynol
  • beta-Lactamases
  • carbapenemase