PP3052 – Colorex™ Acinetobacter MDR

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PP3052 – Colorex™ Acinetobacter MDR

Colorex™Acinetobacter MDR is a chromogenic medium for the detection of multi-drug resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter spp. Positive colonies exhibit a distinct red colouration with a pale grey centre enabling easy interpretation amongst blue, violet or colourless colonies that may be produced by other Gram –ve bacteria. Gram +ve bacteria and yeast are inhibited on this medium. Limitations:

1.  Some Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas and Burkholderia spp. may form pale red colonies on this medium but are readily distinguishable due to differences in colonial morphology compared to the Acinetobacter spp. An oxidase test will readily differentiate any Pseudomonas spp.

2. Some Enterobacteriaceae isolates may form blue colonies on this medium.

3. Definitive MDR characterisation may require additional antibiotic susceptibility testing.

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Acinetobacter baumannii (MDR) AR5620 Red colonies (with greyish centre)
Acinetobacter baumannii (non-MDR) AR5610 Inhibited
Escherichia coli NCTC 12241 Inhibited
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NCTC 12903 Inhibited
Staphylococcus aureus NCTC 12981 Inhibited

 

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