Use of microdilution panels with and without beta-lactamase inhibitors as a phenotypic test for beta-lactamase production among Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., Enterobacter spp., Citrobacter freundii, and Serratia marcescens.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on June 01, 1999

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K S Thomson1, C C Sanders, E S Moland

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1: Center for Research in Anti-Infectives and Biotechnology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA. kstaac@creighton.edu

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