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SUBMITTER: Migliavacca R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC139638 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20021101 11
A microdilution test measuring imipenem MICs in the presence or absence of a mixture of EDTA plus 1,10-phenanthroline was developed and tested on 190 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, including 18 VIM- and 4 IMP-type metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) producers. The chelator mixture reduced by fourfold or more the imipenem MICs for MBL producers, while a lower effect or no effect was usually observed with MBL nonproducers. ...[more]