False-positive imipenemase detected by NG-Test CARBA-5 in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Jan 11;12(1):e0375723. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.03757-23. Epub 2023 Dec 11.

Emily Bentley¹, Carmella Russo¹, Ayesha Khan¹, Shanna Smalc², Daniel D Rhoads^{2

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4}, Romney Humphries¹, Lili Tao¹

¹ Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Laboratory Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cleveland Clinic , Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
³ Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
⁴ Infection Biology Program, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic , Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

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Keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; carbapenemase; false-positive reaction.

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