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. 1980 Oct;12(4):631–632. doi: 10.1128/jcm.12.4.631-632.1980

Apparent colistin-related false sensitivity with the Autobac I system.

L Duckenfield, M Wadke, J K Ashton
PMCID: PMC273655  PMID: 6999030

Abstract

False sensitivities were occasionally encountered in antibiotic-free chambers of the Autobac I system. This unusual phenomenon occurred randomly among gram-negative bacilli and appears to be colistin-related.

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