A new commercial low-density microarray which identifies common extended-spectrum β-lactamase plasmid-mediated cephalosporinase genes, as well as carbapenemase (bla(KPC) and bla(NDM)) genes, was evaluated. We tested 207 clinical and reference/collection isolates of the Enterobacteriaceae possessing different bla genes. Overall, the sensitivity and specificity of the microarray were 100% for the detection of the plasmid-mediated bla(AmpC), bla(KPC), and bla(NDM) genes using bla gene sequencing as the reference method.
Bogaerts, P., Hujer, A. M., Naas, T., de Castro, R. R., Endimiani, A., Nordmann, P., Glupczynski, G., & Bonomo, R. A. (2011). Multicenter evaluation of a new DNA microarray for rapid detection of clinically relevant bla genes from beta-lactam-resistant gram-negative bacteria. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 55(9), 4457-4460. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00353-11 (Original work published 2011)