Modified Hodge test: A simple and effective test for detection of carbapenemase production

Iranian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 189-193

  Amjad, A ^a   Mirza, I A ^a   Abbasi, S A ^a   Farwa, U ^a   Malik, N ^a   Zia, F ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carbapenemases; Disc diffusion; Modified hodge test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAPENEMASE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITROBACTER KOSERI; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISK DIFFUSION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MODIFIED HODGE TEST; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER KOSERI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84858811865     PISSN: 20083289     EISSN: 20084447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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