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Real-time PCR and melting curve analysis for reliable and rapid detection of SHV extended-spectrum beta-lactamases.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2001
Randegger C C, Hächler H
Abstract excerpt
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs), e.g., ESBLs of the TEM or SHV type, compromise the efficacies of expanded-spectrum cephalosporins. An SHV non-ESBL that hydrolyzes only narrow-spectrum cephalosporins can be converted into an SHV ESBL through substitutions at three amino acid positions, 179, 238, or 238--240. In order to improve detection of SHV ESBLs, a novel method, based on real-time PCR monitored...
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