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Table 5 Grading of growth, of 19 ESBL A - or AmpC-producing Shigella isolates (n=19)

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 agar

18

      

1

BLSE agar* Drigalski

16

1

2

     

BLSE agar* Mac Conkey

15

1

3

     

CHROMagar ESBL

18

    

1

  

ChromID ESBL

17

 

1

    

1

  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.