Conjugal transfer of imipenem resistance in Bacteroides fragilis.

doi:10.7164/antibiotics.45.542

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Conjugal transfer of imipenem resistance in Bacteroides fragilis.

The Journal of antibiotics - 1 Apr 1992

Bandoh K, Watanabe K, Muto Y, Tanaka Y, Kato N, Ueno K

Abstract excerpt

Transfer of imipenem resistance in Bacteroides fragilis was studied. Clinical isolate B. fragilis 10-73 was highly resistant to imipenem. Imipenem resistance was transferred from 10-73 to B. fragilis strain TM4000 at a frequency of 10(-6)/input recipient by a filter mating technique. The resistan...

Topics

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacteroides fragilis
Conjugation, Genetic
DNA, Bacterial
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
Imipenem
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Phenotype
Plasmids
Transfection
beta-Lactamases

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