Evaluation of Revogene (R) Carba C assay for the rapid detection of carbapenemase genes in gram-negative pathogens

The rapid detection of carbapenemase-producing microorganisms is crucial for clinical and infection control purposes. Here we evaluated Revogene (R) Carba C assay on 154 carbapenemase-producing and -nonproducing Gram-negatives. Up to 8 samples per 70 minutes were processed by Revogene (R) Carba C assay which showed excellent performances with 100% sensitivity, 99.5% specificity,100% NPV, and 97.8% positive predictive value. (C) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.