A 45-year-old man from Delhi presents with acute pyelonephritis (fever, flank pain, pyuria, bacteriuria). Urine culture grows a gram-negative, lactose-fermenting, oxidase-negative rod. The organism produces a positive ESBL (extended-spectrum beta-lactamase) screening test on ceftriaxone disk. Which is the most appropriate confirmatory test for ESBL production?

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