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EDTA-Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method: a Phenotypic Method for Detecting Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing

M M Sfeir1, J A Hayden2, K A Fauntleroy3

  • 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|March 15, 2019
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Keywords:
EDTA-modified carbapenem inactivation methodMBLcarbapenemasecarbapenemase-producing EnterobacteriaceaeeCIMmCIMmetallo-β-lactamasemodified carbapenem inactivation methodphenotypic detection

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