Antibiotic impregnated tablets for screening ESBL and AmpC beta lactamases
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Antibiotic impregnated tablets for screening ESBL and AmpC beta lactamases
Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat. Fifty non repetitive multi drug resistant gram negative bacterial isolates were screened for ESBL, AmpC, ESBL-AmpC co-production using antibiotic tablets. Of these 56% were Escherichia coli, 16% were Klebsiella spp., 39.6% produced ESBLs, 17.2% AmpC and 13.8% showed co-production. Antibiotic tablets sensitivity for ESBL detection was 93.9% compared to ...
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عنوان ژورنال: IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR)
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2319-4219,2250-3013
DOI: 10.9790/3013-0220207209