Open AccessEvaluation of CHROMagar Acinetobacter for Detection of Enteric Carriage of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Samples from Critically Ill Patients
Author(s) -
N Claire Gordon,
David W. Wareham
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00634-09
Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , carriage , acinetobacter , microbiology and biotechnology , multiple drug resistance , critically ill , medicine , antibiotics , biology , bacteria , pseudomonas aeruginosa , pathology , genetics
CHROMagarAcinetobacter was used to screen stool and perineal swabs for enteric carriage of multidrug-resistantAcinetobacter baumannii in samples from critically ill patients. Results were compared with a molecular assay resulting in sensitivity and specificity of culture compared to PCR of 91.7% and 89.6%, respectively.