Dio-sensimedia: a novel culture medium for rapid detection of extended spectrum beta-lactamases

Cagatay A. A., KOCAGOZ T., ERAKSOY H.

BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES, cilt.3, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1186/1471-2334-3-22
  • Dergi Adı: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Resistance to contemporary broad-spectrum beta-lactams, mediated by extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL), is an increasing problem worldwide. Many of the emerging antimicrobial resistance problems of this decade have been characterized by difficulty in the recognition of resistance in the laboratory, particularly by rapid susceptibility test methods. The plasmid-encoded ESBL represent such a resistance phenomenon that is difficult to recognize. We compared Dio-Sensimedia-ES (DSM-ES; Diomed, Istanbul, Turkey) and Mueller-Hinton (MH) agar in the double-disk synergy test (DDST) as a novel rapid system for detecting ESBL directly from bacterial culture.