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Simple microdilution test for detection of metallo-beta-lactamase production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Roberta Migliavacca1, Jean-Denis Docquier, Claudia Mugnaioli
1Dipartimento di Scienze Morfologiche, Eidologiche e Cliniche, Sez. di Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. lpagani@unipv.it
Abstract:
A microdilution test measuring imipenem MICs in the presence or absence of a mixture of EDTA plus 1,10-phenanthroline was developed and tested on 190 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, including 18 VIM- and 4 IMP-type metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) producers. The chelator mixture reduced by fourfold or more the imipenem MICs for MBL producers, while a lower effect or no effect was usually observed with MBL nonproducers.
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