eazyplex SuperBug kits for detecting carbapenemase-producing organisms

Dr Jim Gray, Consultant Microbiologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Hospital Infection, and a Council Member and Trustee of the Healthcare Infection Society)

Professor John Perry, Clinical Scientist, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (has received funding for research or royalty payments from diagnostics companies, including bioMerieux and Lab M, which market competing products to eazyplex SuperBug kits)

Allison Sykes, Practice Development Lead Infection Prevention and Control, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (no conflicts of interest reported)

Professor Peter Wilson, Consultant Microbiologist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (no conflicts of interest reported)

Professor Neil Woodford, Consultant Clinical Scientist and Head of the Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections (AMRHAI) Reference Unit, Public Health England (has evaluated many commercial kits for detecting carbapenemases; has received funding and free materials from several diagnostics companies [including Amplex] for Public Health England initiated and independent contract evaluations).