Role of cephalosporinase in carbapenem resistance of clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Author(s) -
Xiaoming Zhou,
Marie-Dominique Kitzis,
Ludwig Gutmann
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.37.6.1387
Subject(s) - pseudomonas aeruginosa , imipenem , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pseudomonadaceae , carbapenem , pseudomonadales , antibiotics , bacteria , antibiotic resistance , genetics
With numerous imipenem-resistant clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa as well as in vitro-selected resistant mutants, we have demonstrated, by a simple method with a powerful cephalosporinase inhibitor, BRL42715, the contribution of chromosomal cephalosporinase in resistance to imipenem in this species.
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