Distribution of Class B and Class A β-Lactamases in Clinical Strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Comparison of Phenotypic Methods and High-Resolution Melting Analysis (HRMA) Assay.
Sanaz DehbashiHamed TahmasebiMohammad Yousef AlikhaniFariba KeramatMohammad Reza ArabestaniPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2020)
The HRMA is a powerful, accurate, closed-tube, rapid method for detecting β-lactamase genes in P. aeruginosa. The high sensitivity and specificity of this method, along with phenotypic tests, play a useful role in increasing the predictive value of clinical reports.