Evaluation of Four Methods for Detecting the Beta-lactamase Activity in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolated in Cuba

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1089-1091

  Llanes, Rafael ^a   González, Miriam ^a   Martínez, Isabel ^a   Sosa, Jorge ^a   Guzmán, Daymi ^a   Gutiérrez, Oderay ^a   Llop, Alina ^a   Sánchez, Lizet ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Beta lactamase; Cuba; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE; PENICILLINASE;

ACIDIMETRIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHROMOGENIC METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUBA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; INHIBITION METHOD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IODOMETRIC METHOD; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 1342332999     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000800020     Document Type: Article

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