JCM Accepted Manuscript Posted Online 25 March 2015 J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.03026-14 Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Evaluation of the Blue-Carba test for rapid detection of carbapenemases in gram-

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negative bacilli.

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Fernando Pasteran1, Omar Veliz1, Paola Ceriana1, Celeste Lucero1, Melina Rapoport1,

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Ezequiel Albornoz1, Sonia Gomez1, Alejandra Corso1, ReLAVRA Network Group

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Servicio Antimicrobianos, Laboratorio Nacional y Regional de Referencia en

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Antimicrobianos, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas (INEI), ANLIS “Dr.

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Carlos G. Malbrán”. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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* Corresponding author: Alejandra Corso

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Address: Servicio Antimicrobianos, Departamento Bacteriologia, Instituto Nacional de

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Enfermedades Infecciosas-ANLIS “Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán”, Av. Velez Sarsfield 563

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(1282AFF), Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Phone/Fax: 5411 4303 2812

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E-mail: [email protected]

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Keywords: biochemical assay, KPC, NDM, OXA

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The Blue-Carba test (BCT) is a biochemical test for rapid detection (