Klebsiella Pneumoniae

Hardy Diagnostics launches 15-minute resistance test

By LabPulse.com staff writers

NG-Test Carba 5 is designed to detect the following:

October 24, 2019

iCubate's iC-GN Gram-negative assay clears FDA

By LabPulse.com staff writers

Bacteria picked up by the iC-GN test include Acinetobacter baumannii complex, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae, while the antibiotic resistance markers screened by the test include K. pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) and New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM). Testing takes from two to three minutes, with results available in from 3 to 4.5 hours, according to the company.

July 14, 2019

T2Bacteria panel proves itself, but will hospitals buy in?

By Emily Hayes

The prospective study of 1,427 patients in 11 centers tested the sensitivity, specificity, and speed of the T2Bacteria panel, which is an insert for T2 Biosystems' T2Dx miniaturized magnetic resonance instrument. The system directly tests blood for five types of bacteria ("ESKAPE pathogens") that cause bloodstream infections (BSI): Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli.

May 13, 2019