Blue-Carba, an easy biochemical test for detection of diverse Carbapenemase producers directly from bacterial cultures

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4281-4283

  Pires, J ^a   Novais, A ^a   Peixe, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE; BROMOTHYMOL BLUE; CARBAPENEMASE; IMIPENEM; PHENOLSULFONPHTHALEIN;

ACIDIFICATION; ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HYDROLYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84889799904     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01634-13     Document Type: Letter

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