National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
MBL producing members of family Enterobacteriaceae have been responsible for numerous outbreaks of infection throughout the world. A total of 108 non repetitive carbapenem resistant strains isolated from various clinical samples, identified by standard microbiological techniques and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern was determined. MBL detection was done by combined disc test using ceftazidime-EDTA, imipenem-EDTA and meropenem-EDTA. Ceftazidime-EDTA detected 90 (97.8%) isolates, imipenem-EDTA detected 14 (15.2%) isolates and meropenem- EDTA detected 13 (14.1%) isolates showing MBL production. The combined disc test using inhibitors like EDTA was found to be sensitive in detecting MBL producers, although the results vary with different antibiotic discs used. Detection of MBL among Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a tertiary hospital using combined disc test.
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