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Involvement of the MexXY-OprM efflux system in emergence of cefepime resistance in clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2006
Hocquet Didier, Nordmann Patrice, El Garch Farid, Cabanne Ludovic, Plésiat Patrick
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Cefepime (FEP) and ceftazidime (CAZ) are potent beta-lactam antibiotics with similar MICs (1 to 2 mug/ml) for wild-type strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, recent epidemiological studies have highlighted the occurrence of isolates more resistant to FEP than to CAZ (FEPr/CAZs profile). We thus investigated the mechanisms conferring such a phenotype in 38 clonally unrelated strains collected in two French...
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