Evaluation of resazurin-based assay for rapid detection of polymyxin-resistant gram-negative bacteria

Abstract Background Colistin resistance is considered a serious problem due to a lack of alternative antibiotics. The Rapid ResaPolymyxin Acinetobacter/Pseudomonas NP test is a resazurin reduction-based technique that relies on the visual detection of bacterial growth in the presence of a defined co...

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Main Authors: Huaiyu Jia, Renchi Fang, Jie Lin, Xuebin Tian, Yajie Zhao, Lijiang Chen, Jianming Cao, Tieli Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1692-3