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Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing metallo-beta-lactamases in a large centralized laboratory.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2005
Pitout Johann D D, Gregson Daniel B, Poirel Laurent, McClure Jo-Ann, Le Phillip, Church Deirdre L
Abstract excerpt
Metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) have been increasingly recognized from clinical isolates worldwide, but the laboratory detection of these strains is not well defined. We report a study that developed an EDTA disk screen test and a molecular diagnostic assay for the detection of MBL-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Using NCCLS disk methodology, inhibition zone diameters were determined in tests with imipenem (IPM)...
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