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New method for detecting in vitro inactivation of penicillins by Haemophilus influenzae and Staphlycoccus aureus.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy ·Vol. 10 ·No. 3 ·1976-09-00 ·Pages 564-6

Lee WS, Komarmy L

Abstract

A new technique for detecting penicillinase production in Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus was compared with the capillary procedure for detecting beta-lactamase and the Bauer-Kirby disk susceptibility procedure. Isolates were classified similarly by all three procedures.

MeSH Terms
Ampicillin/antagonists & inhibitors Haemophilus influenzae/metabolism Microbial Sensitivity Tests/methods Penicillinase/biosynthesis Penicillins/antagonists & inhibitors Staphylococcus aureus/metabolism
Chemicals
Penicillins Ampicillin Penicillinase
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Lee W S
Komarmy L
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13 references, click to expand
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Article Info
Journal
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Abbr.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
ISSN
0066-4804
DOI
10.1128/AAC.10.3.564
Published
1976-09-00
Pages
564-6
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0315061
PMCID
PMC429788
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/AAC.10.3.564 PMC Full Text View journal details
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