Research Article

Predominance of OXA-48 Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in a Moroccan Hospital

Table 3

Matrix correlation between PCR and the immune-chromatographic assays.

Number of positive results on flow lateral testNumber of negative results on flow lateral test

Number of isolates positive by molecular screeningOXA-48-CPE (n = 34)OXA-48-CPE (n = 1)
NDM-CPE (n = 6)NDM-CPE (n = 1)

Number of isolates negative by molecular screeningOXA-48-CPE (n = 0)OXA-48-CPE (n = 101)
NDM-CPE (n = 0)NDM-CPE (n = 101)

CPE stands for carbapenemases-producing Enterobacterales. N is the number of CPE-positive harboring OXA-48 or NDM genes.