Evaluation of Two Phenotypic Methods for the Detection of Plasmid-Mediated AmpC β-Lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae Isolates

Objectives AmpC β-lactamases are cephalosporinases that confer resistance to cephalothin, cefazolin, cefoxitin, penicillin, and β-lactamase inhibitor-β-lactam combinations. Even though the AmpC resistance is reported, but the accurate occurrence of AmpC β-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae members is...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ronni Mol P, Khalid Mubarak Bindayna, Ganesan Shanthi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1729472