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Table 1 Typical colony appearance of different isolates on Chromagar-KPC

From: Detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in rectal surveillance cultures in non-hospitalized patients

Microorganism

Typical colony appearance

E.coli

Dark pink to redish

Klebsiell, Enterobacter, Citrobacter

Metallic blue

Pseudomonas

Cream, translucent

Carbapenem sensitive strains

Inhibited

Gram + ve strains

Inhibited

Yeasts

Mostly inhibited