Girlich Delphine, Nordmann Patrice
Faculté de Médecine et Université Paris Sud, K.-Bicêtre, France.
Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Science, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland; HFR-Hôpital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;83(3):234-6. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.06.023. Epub 2015 Jul 29.
The recently modified CHROMagar Acinetobacter medium was evaluated for detection of carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii from spiked stools. A total of 45 Acinetobacter spp. isolates were tested. The CHROMagar Acinetobacter medium had a high sensitivity of 86.5% and a specificity of 75%. This medium is likely to be most useful for controlling outbreaks and in endemic situations.
