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An adaptive response of Enterobacter aerogenes to imipenem: regulation of porin balance in clinical isolates.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Feb 2013
Lavigne Jean-Philippe, Sotto Albert, Nicolas-Chanoine Marie-Hélène, Bouziges Nicole, Pagès Jean-Marie, Davin-Regli Anne
Abstract excerpt
Imipenem (IPM) is a carbapenem antibiotic frequently used in severe hospital infections. Several reports have mentioned the emergence of resistant isolates exhibiting membrane modifications. A study was conducted between September 2005 and August 2007 to survey infections due to Enterobacter aerogenes in patients hospitalised in a French university hospital. Resistant E. aerogenes clinical isolates obtained from...
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