Modified hodge test and AmpC disk test:
Modified Hodge test: A simple and effective test for detection of carbapenemase production
... In many healthcare facilities around the world, bacterial pathogens that express multiple resistance mechanisms are becoming rampant, complicating treatment and increasing both human morbidity and financial costs. This ...
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Triton Hodge Test: Improved Protocol for Modified Hodge Test for Enhanced Detection of NDM and Other Carbapenemase Producers
... Before inoculation with the indicator organism, excess surface moisture was removed by evaporation at 35°C.E. coli DH5 ␣ laboratory strains were included as controls in each THT assay performed. In addition to mero- ...
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Detection of Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae by modified Hodge test
... by Modified Hodge Test, a phenotypic ...susceptibility test was performed by Kirby baeur method according to CLSI guidelines and the meropenem resistant isolates were ...
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Evaluation of the Hodge Test and the Imipenem EDTA Double Disk Synergy Test for Differentiating Metallo β Lactamase Producing Isolates of Pseudomonas spp and Acinetobacter spp
... SMA disk producer recommended testing CAZ-resistant iso- lates for MBL ...IPM disk can show positive results, but a CAZ disk cannot, just as a cefepime disk but not a CAZ disk can ...
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Modified Disk-Shaped Compact Tension Test for Measuring Concrete Fracture Properties
... the test beginning, the crack opening dis- placement necessary to break the concrete is relatively low so that the moments arising by bending of the pulling bars are ...the test progresses and the necessary ...
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Comparison of a Novel, Rapid Chromogenic Biochemical Assay, the Carba NP Test, with the Modified Hodge Test for Detection of Carbapenemase Producing Gram Negative Bacilli
... Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA a ; Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA b ; Department ...
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Two simple modifications of modified three-dimensional extract test for detection of AmpC β-lactamases among the members of family Enterobacteriaceae
... An AmpC enzyme differs from the Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) in their preferential hydrolysis of cephamycins along with other classes of cephalosporins (except fourth generation) and being resistant to ...
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Comparison of Disc Diffusion, Broth Microdilution and Modified Hodge Test Susceptibility Testing Of Escherichia coli Isolates to Beta-Lactam Antibiotics
... each test, the possibility of introducing errors in the antibiotic solution and relatively high amount of space and reagents required for each test are other disadvantages of the broth microdilution ...The ...
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Comparative Evaluation of a Chromogenic Agar Medium, the Modified Hodge Test, and a Battery of Meropenem Inhibitor Discs for Detection of Carbapenemase Activity in Enterobacteriaceae
... (modified Hodge test, chromogenic agar, and meropenem discs combined with specific inhibitors) used for the detection of carbapenemase activity were tested on a panel of characterized ...
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Evaluation of Antibiotic Resistance Pattern and Efficacy of Modified Hodge Test for Detection of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains Isolated From Clinical Samples
... © 2018 The Author(s); Published by Alborz University of Medical Sciences. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Background Klebsiella pneumoniae is a gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that ...
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Performance of modified carbapenem inactivation method and inhibitor based combined disk test in the detection and distinguishing of carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae
... mCIM and eCIM Detection of CPE was performed with the mCIM and eCIM following the CLSI guideline (13). Two tubes containing 2 mL of Trypticase soy broth (TSB) were used for each strain in parallel: one tube was added ...
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Modified Hodge Test (PAE-MHT) and ChromID Carba Agar for Detection of Carbapenemase Producing Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Recovered from Clinical Specimens
... Modified Hodge test was performed according to CLSI ...a disk of meropenem, 10 µg (Oxoid, UK) was placed in the centre of each ...the test organisms, grown overnight on blood agar ...
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The Power of the Test for the Winsorized Modified Alexander-Govern Test
... group test, for instance, the Alexander-Govern (AG) ...the test provides excellence in maintaining the amount of Type I error and giving immense sensitivity for a regular ...a test does not affect ...
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Evaluation of the cefonicid disk test criteria, including disk quality control guidelines
... Further analysis of disk test data confirmed the fact that cefonicid and cefamandole disks might be used interchangeably.. But for routine tests, cefonicid disks might be preferred in or[r] ...
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Modified Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test
... sum test and proposes a ...rank test the proposed method, does not require the absence of zero differences or tied absolute values of ...proposed test statistic also enables the estimation of the ...
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A modified SHRP Net Adsorption Test
... Aggregate-binder adhesion and resistance to moisture damage are particularly important in surface dressings. A review< 6) of premature surface dressing maintenance [r] ...
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A modified Kolmogorov Smirnov test for normality
... Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for ...Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, a sample is compared with a normal distribution where the sample mean and the sample variance are used as parameters of the ...proposed test. A ...
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Disk-shaped Compact Tension Test for Plain Concrete
... HRWR As needed After curing for three months, four cores (144 mm diameter) were taken from each LCA and RCA concrete slab and then cut to match the DCT geometry specified in Figure 1. Two DCT specimens could be ...
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A Modified T-Test for Football Referees to Test Agility, Quickness and Sprint Performances
... Cooper test, 6 × 40 m ...have modified the classical T-Test for referees by addition side steps, quick turnings and backward steps to test agility skills and their ...
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Modified indirect fluorescent antibody test for aspergillosis
... dure is indicated by the fact that of 26 ID- negative sera, only 1 had a positive IFA titer, and in this case a diagnosis of aspergillosis could not be ruled out. In one case of proven[r] ...
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