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Selection and characterization of cefepime-resistant gram-negative bacteria.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Nov 1991
Piddock L J, Griggs D J
Abstract excerpt
The NCTC type strains and four clinical isolates of Enterobacter cloacae, Citrobacter freundii, Serratia marcescens, Morganella morganii, Providencia stuartii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were exposed, in agar, to cefepime at 3, 5, and 10 x MIC and a breakpoint concentration of 16 mg/L. Mutants were selected at a frequency of approximately 10(-8) that had decreased susceptibility to cefepime and cefpirome, and...
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