Xpert® Carba-R

Xpert® Carba-R is a qualitative, on-demand real-time PCR test for the detection and differentiation of KPC, NDM, VIM, OXA-48 and IMP in 48-minutes.

Xpert^® Carba-R can detect and differentiate the most prevalent carbapenemase gene families in just 48 minutes.

Detection and differentiation of high-risk patients with Xpert^® Carba-R can alert clinicians and infection preventionists (IPs) rapidly to the presence of gene sequences associated with carbapenem non-susceptibility in gram-negative bacteria, including Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii.

Rapid detection and differentiation of the blaKPC, blaNDM, blaVIM, blaOXA-48, and blaIMP gene sequences from pure colonies helps clinicians optimize patient management and direct therapeutic strategy, while testing rectal and perirectal swabs helps IPs design effective infection control measures. Perirectal and rectal swabs are not intended to direct therapeutic strategy.

Comprehensive infection control measures should be applied to patients who are colonized or infected with carbapenemase-producing organisms.

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