Comparison of the efficiency of three methods for the determination of staphylococcal beta-lactamase.
Three methods for demonstrating the production of beta-lactamase in resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus were compared. The "satellite phenomenon" method proved to be more sensitive than the nitrocefin test and the iodometric test.
Banic
S
S
Institute of Microbiology, Medical Faculty, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia.
Dragas
A Z
AZ
Fiser
J
J
D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000201:enzymology*; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000032:analysis*
D001618:beta-Lactamases