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Ampicillin susceptibility testing of Haemophilus influenzae in the routine clinical laboratory by the EUCAST methodology compared to broth microdilution and the presence of ftsI gene mutations.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jul 2024
Sturm Patrick D J, Hermans Noud T H, van der Zanden Adri G M, Peters Cas J A, Schülin Tanja
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of ampicillin resistance in Haemophilus influenzae and the diagnostic accuracy of the EUCAST recommended disc diffusion method to detect the increasingly prevalent ampicillin resistance due to the presence of PBP3 alterations based on mutations in the ftsI gene. METHODS: During a 6-month period all consecutive non-duplicate H. influenzae isolates were prospectively...
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