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Development of extended-spectrum activity in TEM beta-lactamases in hyper-mutable, mutS Escherichia coli.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Aug 2006
Ellington M J, Livermore D M, Pitt T L, Hall L M C, Woodford N
Abstract excerpt
TEM-1 and TEM(pUC19)beta-lactamases can gain activity against ceftazidime and other expanded-spectrum cephalosporins via point mutation. The frequency of emergent resistance to ceftazidime at 4 x MIC was elevated >or= 250-fold in hyper-mutable, MutS-deficient Escherichia coli harbouring these beta-lactamase genes on high- or low-copy plasmids. Moreover, although ceftazidime-resistant mutants, or those with...
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