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Evaluation of 5 rapid colorimetric and immunochromatographic tests for the detection of carbapenemases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. isolates

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The authors thank medical microbiologists for referring the studied strains to the French National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance (NRC-AR). We acknowledge the Mast Group for providing free of charge the reagents for the testing.

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The NRC-RA is funded by the French Ministry of Health through the Santé Publique France agency.

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Fournier, D., Triponney, P., Gabriel, L. et al. Evaluation of 5 rapid colorimetric and immunochromatographic tests for the detection of carbapenemases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp. isolates. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 42, 1043–1045 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-023-04631-8

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