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Table 5 Quantitative β-lactamase activity, nitrocefin test and presence of blaZ in randomly selected clinical isolates of BIVR and non-BIVR

From: Low level β-lactamase production in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus strains with β-lactam antibiotics-induced vancomycin resistance

Phenotype

blaZ

Nitrocefin test

β-lactamase (μmol/min/mg protein)

   

Range

Average ± STD

BIVR

(n = 5)

-

-

<1 × 10-4

<1 × 10-4

Non-BIVR (n = 10)

+

+

1.03 × 10-3 – 4.48

0.79 ± 1.84

Non-BIVR (n = 10)

+

-

2.76 × 10-4– 2.13 × 10-2

7.28 × 10-3 ± 1.25 × 10-2