Indirect transfer of resistance to imipenem in a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

doi:10.1080/1120009x.1991.11739121

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Indirect transfer of resistance to imipenem in a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy) - 1 Dec 1991

Krcméry V, Lesicka M, Blahova J, Schäfer V

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Determinants of resistance of imipenem can be, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains resistant to this drug, transferred by transduction with wild-type phages as well as mobilized for conjugal transfer, as demonstrated by the indirect selection procedure. Exconjugants obtained in the latter type of e...

Topics

Cefazolin
Cefotaxime
Conjugation, Genetic
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Imipenem
Phenotype
Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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