Gram-negative sepsis: Laboratory Identification

Ungraded Practice Question

Clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae may possess ESBL activity. Therefore, clinical laboratories should be screening all clinically significant isolates of these two species.

Select true or false

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