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Table 4 Grading of growth of 68 ESBL A - and/or AmpC-producing Salmonella isolates (n=68)

From: Evaluation of the ability of four ESBL-screening media to detect ESBL-producing Salmonella and Shigella

Growth

Excellent

Good

Poor

No growth

 

ESBLA

AmpC

ESBLA

AmpC

ESBLA

AmpC

ESBLA

AmpC

Brilliance ESBL

31

9

1

5

1

17

 

4

BLSE agar* Drigalski

31

35

1

   

1

 

BLSE agar* Mac Conkey

31

34

 

1

1

 

1

 

CHROMagar ESBL

32

4

1

4

 

14

 

13

ChromID ESBL

33

12

 

16

 

4

 

3

  1. All ESBL-producing isolates were mixed with a fecal suspension controlled for the absence of Salmonella, Shigella and any other ESBL-producing bacteria, before being inoculated on the screening agars.
  2. *BLSE agar is a biplate consisting of one half of Drigalski agar and one half of MacConkey agar.
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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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