The lab analyst performs the technical steps to evaluate whether an organism, grown in culture from the patient's specimen, carries carbapenem resistance genes. These genes encode proteins that allow the organism to resist carbapenem antibiotics. The test uses an amplified probe technique to detect specific gene sequences, such as blaKPC, blaNDM, blaVIM, blaOXA–48,and blaIMP. Results are reported per isolate.
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