Rapid detection of NDM, KPC and OXA-48 carbapenemases directly from positive blood cultures using a new multiplex immunochromatographic assay

• Axel Hamprecht ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: axel.hamprecht@uk-koeln.de

  Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, DZIF (German Centre for Infection Research), partner site Bonn-Cologne, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1449-5780

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• Jörg Janne Vehreschild,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations DZIF (German Centre for Infection Research), partner site Bonn-Cologne, Germany, Department I for Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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• Harald Seifert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, DZIF (German Centre for Infection Research), partner site Bonn-Cologne, Germany

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• Ahmad Saleh

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation

  Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, DZIF (German Centre for Infection Research), partner site Bonn-Cologne, Germany

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