CHROMagar™ KPC base and supplement, 25L

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1. Detection of gram-negative bacteria expressing a reduced susceptibility to antibiotics of the carbapenem family.


2. Detection of NDM-1: this new resistance gene recently reported, has the ability of destroying carbapenems. Bacteria harbouring this resistance mechanism (a metallo-betalactmase) can easily be screened with CHROMagar KPC.


3. Species identification thanks to the CHROMagar™ Orientation base.


4. Time and workload savings: there is no need for a selective pre-enrichment medium. Direct plating of the sample is possible.


5. Requires only 18-24 hours of incubation.


6. Unique commercially available culture medium for the detection of bacteria having reduced suceptibility to carbapenems.


7. Flexibility: CHROMagar KPC Supplement is supplied with a shelf-life of about 2 years. This allows for flexibility of use, whether in an epidemic situation with many patients to screen, or whether for random surveillance of cultures.