Comparison of four laboratory methods in the detection of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART7, 2013, Pages 1094-1096

  Frawley, James ^a   Mangan, Leanne ^a   Boo, Teck Wee ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CARBAPENEMASE; ERTAPENEM; MEROPENEM;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC;

EID: 84879185774     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.057281-0     Document Type: Letter

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