As has already been pointed out, bacteria grown on various culture media may be employed in the filter paper strip test, which has the advantage of being simple and rapid (Bachrach and Wormser, 1959). The test is very sensitive, and pure culture is not required. Furthermore, the filter paper strip, which is easily prepared at low cost, may be kept for a long period without deterioration. The us...

The worldwide prevalence of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) is increasing, making the need for optimized detection techniques more urgent. In this study we investigated the performance of two ESBL-E screening and two ESBL-E confirmation techniques. In accordance with the Dutch national guidelines (www.wip.nl), a collection of 642 highly resi...

The paper deals with the homogenization of rigid heterogeneous plates. Assuming that the coefficients are equi-bounded in L1, we prove that the limit of a sequence of plate equations remains a plate equation which involves a strongly local linear operator acting on the second gradients. This compactness result is based on a div-curl lemma for fourthorder equations. On the other hand, using an i...

The PathoTec "Rapid I-D System" and two experimental test strips for ornithine decarboxylase and beta-galactosidase have been evaluated for accuracy and ability to identify 1,252 members of the Enterobacteriaceae obtained from fresh clinical specimens. Accuracy of identification with the commercially available test system was 94.7%; this level increased to 98.5% with the addition of the two exp...

In this paper, the vibration behavior features are extracted from combination between Wavelet Transform (WT), and Finite Strip Transition Matrix (FSTM) of skew composite plates (SCPs), with variable thickness, intermediate elastic support. Although, results technique based on previous work done by authors, that show method can reflect plates. Due to method's difficulty in terms of, a lot calcul...