Table 4 Results of Vitek2 Compact system, Carba NP and multiplex PCR among the 36 studied isolates
Recovered Isolates on CARBA SMART agar (No = 36) | Rapidec Carba NP | Results of multiplex PCR for carbapenemase-producing genes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | OXA-48 | NDM | KPC | VIM | IMP | OXA-48 & NDM | OXA-48 & VIM | PCR -ve | |
E. coli (30) | 24 | 6 | 16 | 3 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | 6 |
K. pneumoniae (6) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 |