Elaboration and evaluation of a new screening medium for detection and presumptive identification of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing organisms (ESBL)

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 271-274

  De Menezes E Silva, Carlos Henrique Pessôa ^a,b,c  

^a Marcos Daniel Laboratório   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Culture medium; Enterobacteriaceae; ESBL

Indexed keywords

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 23744496255     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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