A Performance Evaluation of the Vitek®2 AST-N440 Card for Colistin Susceptibility Testing of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Complex Isolates Using Broth Microdilution as the Reference Method

2 AST-N440 card performed suboptimally for COL susceptibility testing in CRAB isolates. Further validation of automated systems for COL AST is needed.

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Antibiotics
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2026-04-16
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https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics15040404
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Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
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A Performance Evaluation of the Vitek®2 AST-N440 Card for Colistin Susceptibility Testing of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Complex Isolates Using Broth Microdilution as the Reference Method

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A Performance Evaluation of the Vitek®2 AST-N440 Card for Colistin Susceptibility Testing of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Complex Isolates Using Broth Microdilution as the Reference Method

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2 AST-N440 card performed suboptimally for COL susceptibility testing in CRAB isolates. Further validation of automated systems for COL AST is needed.

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