TY - JOUR AU - Burillo, Almudena AU - Marín, Mercedes AU - Cercenado, Emilia AU - Ruiz-Carrascoso, Guillermo AU - Pérez-Granda, María Jesús AU - Oteo-Iglesias, Jesus AU - Bouza, Emilio PY - 2016 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0168473 SN - 1932-6203 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/6604 AB - There is a critical need for rapid diagnostic methods for multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens in patients with a suspicion of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The Xpert Carba-R detects 5 targets for carbapenemase-producing organisms (blaKPC,... LA - eng PB - Public Library of Science (PLOS) KW - Bacterial Proteins KW - Drug Resistance, Multiple KW - Enterobacteriaceae KW - Enterobacteriaceae Infections KW - Enzyme Assays KW - Humans KW - Molecular Diagnostic Techniques KW - Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated KW - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction TI - Evaluation of the Xpert Carba-R (Cepheid) Assay Using Contrived Bronchial Specimens from Patients with Suspicion of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia for the Detection of Prevalent Carbapenemases TY - journal article ER -