Evaluation of phenotypic tests for the detection of AmpC beta-lactamase in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli

• Main Authors: Deepika Handa (Author), Anita Pandey (Author), Ashish Kumar Asthana (Author), Ashutosh Rawat (Author), Seemant Handa (Author), Bhaskar Thakuria (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: AmpC beta lactamases are cephalosporinases that confer resistance to a wide range of beta lactam drugs thereby causing serious therapeautic problem. As there are no CLSI guidelines for detection of AmpC mediated resistance in Gram negative clinical isolates and it may pose a problem due...