%0 Journal Article %A Ashkenazi Hoffnung, Liat %A Burdelova, Ela %A Adler, Amos %T Evaluation of two commercial real-time PCR assays for detection of carbapenemase genes in Enterobacteriaceae %D 2017 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 66 %N 11 %P 1612-1615 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.000618 %K carbapenemase %K carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae %K infection control %K molecular diagnostics %I Microbiology Society, %X The implementation of PCR for the detection of carbapenemase genes enables rapid results with significant epidemiological implications. Two commercial real-time PCR assays, the Hylabs Hy-CRE and Sacace MDR MBL+KPC/OXA, were evaluated for the detection of the genes bla KPC, bla VIM, bla NDM, bla IMP and bla OXA-48-carbapenemasein a collection of 96 carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae strains with different resistant mechanisms. Both assays exhibited excellent diagnostic performance, with 100 % sensitivity and specificity. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.000618