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Boronic acid disk diffusion for the phenotypic detection of polymerase chain reaction-confirmed, carbapenem-resistant, gram-negative bacilli isolates.
BMC microbiology - 1 Jul 2016
Elsherif Rasha, Ismail Dalia, Elawady Sanaa, Jastaniah Samyah, Al-Masaudi Saad, Harakeh Steve, Karrouf Gamal
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BACKGROUND: The Middle East is regarded as a secondary reservoir for OXA-48 and New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) carbapenemases. One of the main challenges in clinical microbiology diagnostics is the detection of carbapenemases. For this reason simple screening methods have been sought to detect carbapenemase producers to determine appropriate therapeutic measures and implement infection control interventions....
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