Improved performance of the modified Hodge test with MacConkey agar for screening carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacilli

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-152

  Lee, Kyungwon ^a   Kim, Chang Ki ^a   Yong, Dongeun ^a   Jeong, Seok Hoon ^a   Yum, Jong Hwa ^a,c   Seo, Young Hee ^a   Docquier, Jean Denis ^b   Chong, Yunsop ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbapenemase screening; MacConkey agar; Modified Hodge test

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME RELEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGAR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CULTURE MEDIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

BACILLI (CLASS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 77957874490     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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