Sensitive and specific modified hodge test for KPC and metallo-beta- lactamase detection in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by use of a novel indicator strain, Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 700603

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4301-4303

  Pasteran, Fernando ^a   Veliz, Omar ^a   Rapoport, Melina ^a   Guerriero, Leonor ^a   Corso, Alejandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MODIFIED HODGE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 82455185152     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05602-11     Document Type: Article

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