LBJMR medium: a new polyvalent culture medium for isolating and selecting vancomycin and colistin-resistant bacteria

Abstract Background Multi-drug resistant bacteria are a phenomenon which is on the increase around the world, particularly with the emergence of colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and vancomycin-resistant enterococci strains. The recent discovery of a plasmid-mediated colistin resistance with the...

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Main Authors: Lucie Bardet, Stéphanie Le Page, Thongpan Leangapichart, Jean-Marc Rolain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-017-1128-x