Medical Definition of configuration. 1  1a: relative arrangement of parts or elementsb: the stable structural makeup of a chemical compound especially with reference to the space relations of the constituent atoms. 2  2: gestalt personality configuration.
Infections with multi-drug resistant E. coli, which is also known as ESBL (extended spectrum beta-lactamase), have been assumed to be a hospital phenomenon.
34 Guidelines for the Control of Multidrug-resistant Organisms in New Zealand. The ESR survey found that, as with the disc screening test, in CLSIâs ESBL microbroth screening test, more ESBL-producing isolates screened positive with cefotaxime (97.2 percent) than with ceftazidime (92.7 percent).