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Evaluation of the OXA-23 K-SeT® immunochromatographic assay for the rapid detection of OXA-23-like carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter spp.

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Riccobono, Eleonora Bogaerts, Pierre [UCL] Antonelli, Alberto Evrard, Stéphanie [UCL] Giani, Tommaso Glupczynski, Gerald [UCL]

(eng) Sir, Acinetobacter spp. are Gram-negative non-fermenters able to persist and spread in the environment owing to their capacity to survive on dry surfaces under limited nutritional conditions. Contaminated inert surfaces (i.e. linen, furniture and medical equipment) and colonized patients usually serve as reservoirs and play a crucial role in the occurrence of hospital outbreaks. [...]

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Lettre à l'éditeur
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2019
Language Anglais
Journal information "The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy" - Vol. 74, no. 5, p. 1455-1457 (2019)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Oxford University Press ((United Kingdom) Oxford)
issn 0305-7453
e-issn 1460-2091
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSS/IREC/MONT - Pôle Mont Godinne
UCL - (MGD) Laboratoire de biologie clinique
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Bibliographic reference Riccobono, Eleonora ; Bogaerts, Pierre ; Antonelli, Alberto ; Evrard, Stéphanie ; Giani, Tommaso ; et. al. Evaluation of the OXA-23 K-SeT® immunochromatographic assay for the rapid detection of OXA-23-like carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter spp.. In: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, Vol. 74, no. 5, p. 1455-1457 (2019)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/213974