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Prevalence of Metallo-β-Lactamase IMP and VIM Producing Gram Negative Bacteria in Different Hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan

Prevalence of Metallo-β-Lactamase IMP and VIM Producing Gram Negative Bacteria in Different Hospitals of Lahore, Pakistan

Junaid Akhtar1,2, Sidrah Saleem1, Naveed Shahzad3, Abdul Waheed1, Iqra Jameel1, Farhan Rasheed4 and Shah Jahan5,*

1Department of Microbiology, University of Health Sciences, Lahore
2Department of Allied Health Sciences, Sargodha Medical College, University of Sargodha, Sargodha
3School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore
4Department of Microbiology, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore
5Department of Immunology, University of Health Sciences, Lahore

*      Corresponding author: shahjahan@uhs.edu.pk

 

 

Fig. 1.

Phenotypic detection of carbapenemase and metallo-β-lactamase production by Modified Hodge test (MHT) and Combined disks diffusion (CDD) method, respectively. A, The presence of clover leaf-type indentation at the intersection indicates the positive test organism while carbapenemase negative organism lack of the clover leaf-type indentation at the intersection; B, Positive results are shown by enlarged zone of inhibition in the presence of EDTA. IMI, Imipenem disc; MEM, meropenem disc; EDTA, ethylene-diamine tetra acetic acid.

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

April

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 2, pp. 503-1000

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