Modified Hodge Test Versus Indirect Carbapenemase Test: Prospective Evaluation of a Phenotypic Assay for Detection of Klebsiella Pneumoniae Carbapenemase (KPC) in Enterobacteriaceae

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Journal J Clin Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2013 Feb 8

PMID 23390272

Citations 19

Authors

Amy J Mathers

Joanne Carroll

Costi D Sifri

Kevin C Hazen

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Abstract

The currently recommended phenotypic test for the detection of carbapenemase-producing members of the family Enterobacteriaceae is the modified Hodge test (MHT). However, the MHT lacks specificity. Here we demonstrate an alternative phenotypic test, the indirect carbapenemase test, for the detection of blaKPC-producing isolates that has specificity superior to that of the MHT for non-Klebsiella Enterobacteriaceae.

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