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Performance of the Phoenix bacterial identification system compared with disc diffusion methods for identifying extended-spectrum beta-lactamase, AmpC and KPC producers.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jun 2009
Fisher Mark A, Stamper Paul D, Hujer Kristine M, Love Zachary, Croft Ann, Cohen Samuel, Bonomo Robert A, Carroll Karen C, Petti Cathy A
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic identification of AmpC, KPC and extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) among members of the Enterobacteriaceae remains challenging. This study compared the Phoenix Automated Microbiology System (BD Diagnostics) with the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute confirmatory method to identify ESBL production among 200 Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates. The Phoenix system...
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