Hardy Diagnostics now offers a convenient way of testing -lactamase activity in bacteria
The rapid Nitrocef test consists of a disk that is impregnated with the Nitrocefin reagent, which is a chromogenic cephalosporin
This rapid test can yield clinically relevant information earlier than an MIC test
A positive -lactamase test can predict resistance to such antibiotics as penicillin, ampicillin, amoxicillin, and other -lactamase containing drugs for the following organisms:Neisseria gonorrhoeae,Haemophilus spp.,Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis,Staphylococcus spp.,Enterococcus spp.,Anaerobes (such as some species of Bacteroides, Porphyromonas, Clostridium, Fusobacterium, Prevotella)
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