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Optimal phenotypic testing of AmpC beta-lactamases using boronic acid solutions.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Jan 2012
Su W-Y, Gottlieb T, Merlino J
Abstract excerpt
Plasmid-mediated class C β-lactamases are reported from Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae with increasing frequency. No screening and confirmatory tests have been uniformly established for these strains. We investigated for the presence of plasmid-mediated AmpC production in 51 clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae, comparing two different boronic acid formulations, phenylboronic acid (PB) and...
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