Failure of Padac test strips to detect staphylococcal beta-lactamase

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1982 Jun;21(6):993-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.21.6.993.

Abstract

Padac test strips failed to detect the production of beta-lactamase by 10 strains of penicillin-resistant staphylococci.

MeSH terms

  • Cephalosporins*
  • Reagent Strips
  • Staphylococcus / enzymology*
  • beta-Lactamases / analysis*

Substances

  • Cephalosporins
  • Reagent Strips
  • pyridine-2-azo-4-dimethylaniline cephalosporin
  • beta-Lactamases