A modified ESBL Nordmann/Dortet/Poirel-based protocol to optimize early sepsis management.

J Microbiol Methods

Unidad Clínica Intercentros de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Hospitales Universitarios Puerta del Mar y Puerto Real, Avda. Ana de Viya 21, 11009 Cádiz, Spain; Área de Microbiología, Universidad de Cádiz, Plaza Fragela s/n, 11003 Cádiz, Spain. Electronic address:

Published: August 2017

We evaluated a modification of a colorimetric test recently described by Dortet et al. (2015) for the rapid detection of ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae directly from positive blood cultures that requires less manipulation, materials and hands-on time. The simplified protocol showed a sensitivity and specificity of 100% and 95.7% respectively.

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