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Beta-lactamase assay employing chromogenic precipitating substrates

US4978613A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 1989
Grant dateDec 18, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2415/00
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for detecting .beta.-lactamases which may be present in a sample by using a disclosed chromogenic precipitating substrate. A sample is exposed to a disclosed .beta.-lactamase substrate and a colored precipitate forms in the presence of an active .beta.-lactamase.

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