The Rapid Polymyxin NP test has been designed for the detection of Acinetobacter baumannii susceptibility and resistance to polymyxins (Colistin, and polymyxin B) from colonies grown on agar plates.
Reliable approach, regardless of the molecular mechanism of resistance (MCR1 and others)
Easy to perform, highly specific and sensitive
Excellent correlation with the reference broth microdilution method in 24h
Benefits
The emergence and global spread of carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii are of great concern to health services worldwide. Because these bacteria usually remain susceptible to polymyxins, interest in this old class of antibiotics has been recently renewed. However, the increasing use of colistin explains why baumannii strains resistant to colistin are increasingly reported worldwide. Currently available polymyxins susceptibility methods are fastidious, time-consuming (24 hours) and some methods are not reliable. They are poorly adapted to the clinical need and to the prevention of the dissemination of those multidrug resistant isolates. ELITechGroup Microbiology releases its new Rapid Polymyxin NP test proposed as a rapid, reliable and cost-effective test to detect polymyxins (polymyxin E or Colistin, polymyxin B) resistant Acinetobacter. This liquid method relies on the rapid and easy visualization of colorimetric reactions. The Rapid Polymyxin Acinetobacter test is easy-to-perform, very sensitive and specific. It can detect in only 3-4 hours polymyxin-resistant and –susceptible A. baumannii isolates, regardless of the molecular mechanism of polymyxins resistance.