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Metallo-β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates at a Taiwanese hospital: lack of distinctive phenotypes for screening.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Aug 2011
Liao I-Chuang, Chen Hung-Mo, Wu Jiunn-Jong, Tsai Pei-Fang, Wang Li-Rong, Yan Jing-Jou
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the prevalence of metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) among 1,827 Enterobacteriaceae isolates collected in 2006 and evaluated the VITEK 2 microbiology system, modified Hodge test, and 2 combined disk tests as the screening tools for MBLs by using these isolates and 77 previously characterized IMP-8 producers. The IMP-8 MBL was identified in 18 isolates of 2006, and the IMP-8-positive isolates represented...
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