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[Test evaluation and strategy proposal to detect and to characterize carbapenemase-producing gram negative bacilli].
Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia - 1 Aug 2017
Muñoz Constanza, Zumarán Cecilia, González Tamara, Wozniak Aniela, Castillo Claudia, García Patricia
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INTRODUCTION: The detection of carbapenemase-producing gram negative bacilli is complicated, because there are available multiple options of test. The confirmation of the enzyme by molecular characterization is not available in all laboratories in our country. OBJECTIVE: To propose a fast, efficient and simple strategy to detect and confirm CPB. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 39 CPB isolates and 8 non-producing were used...
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