| Literature DB >> 21533876 |
W-Y Su1, T Gottlieb, J Merlino.
Abstract
Plasmid-mediated class C β-lactamases are reported from Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae with increasing frequency. No screening and confirmatory tests have been uniformly established for these strains. We investigated for the presence of plasmid-mediated AmpC production in 51 clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae, comparing two different boronic acid formulations, phenylboronic acid (PB) and 3-(N-Boc-amino)phenylboronic acid (APB), using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PB performed better than APB.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21533876 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1271-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN: 0934-9723 Impact factor: 3.267