Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia, Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 3(45), p. 835-839
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822014000300011
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Double disks synergy test (DDST) and combined disks test (CD) were evaluated to predict the presence of metallo-β-lactamase in 70 Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates recovered from cystic fibrosis and non-cystic fibrosis patients. DDSTCAZ-EDTA 1 cm and CDIMP-EDTA tests showed the best accuracy (94.3%). Furthermore, for other combinations, accuracy unsatisfactory was obtained.