Value of the Modified Hodge Test for Detection of Emerging Carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae

Overview

Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2011 Nov 26

PMID 22116154

Citations 101

Authors

Delphine Girlich

Laurent Poirel

Patrice Nordmann

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Abstract

The modified Hodge test has an excellent sensitivity for detecting enterobacterial isolates producing Ambler class A (KPC) and class D (OXA-48) carbapenemases. Its sensitivity is low for NDM-1 producers (50%) but is increased to 85.7% by adding ZnSO(4) (100 μg/ml) in the culture medium. However, this test has a low specificity and is time-consuming.

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