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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 resistance could also be retransferred. B. fragilis 10-73 and both primary and secondary transcipients produced an...
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