A rapid and simple detection method for phenotypic antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli by loop-mediated isothermal amplification.

CONCLUSION: These results showed that this LAMP-based AST has high sensitivity and specificity for detecting resistant strains and a significant time advantage compared with the conventional method.
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Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - January 9, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ota Y, Furuhashi K, Nanba T, Yamanaka K, Ishikawa J, Nagura O, Hamada E, Maekawa M Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research