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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-11-01
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Series: | BMC Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-017-1128-x |