Chromatic CRE is a medium for the detection of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae directly from clinical specimens. Carbapenems are the last shelter from multi-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections.
Chromatic CRE contains a mixture of carbapenems for screening a wide variety of carbapenem-resistance mechanisms and provides presumptive identification of E. coli and the Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Serratia and Citrobacter (KESC) group directly from clinical specimens.
Carbapenems, successfully used to treat multi-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections, including ESBL positive strains, are not efficacious against the Enterobacteriaceae resistant to carbapenems, thus generating a significant risk of hospital-acquired infections.
Microorganism
Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
Carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter spp.
Carbapenem-resistant Citrobacter spp.
Carbapenem-resistant Non Enterobacteriaceae
Other microorganisms |
Typical appearance of the colonies
Blue-violet
Red
Blue-green
Blue with red halo
White to natural pigmented
Inhibited |
Chromatic CRE is available in boxes of 20 ready plates, Liofilchem catalog ref. 11619.
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