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In vivo selection of a complex mutant TEM (CMT) from an inhibitor-resistant TEM (IRT) during ceftazidime therapy.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2013
Jacquier H, Marcadé G, Raffoux E, Dombret H, Woerther P L, Donay J L, Arlet G, Cambau E
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OBJECTIVES: A relapse from Escherichia coli bloodstream infection was observed in a patient with acute leukaemia treated with ceftazidime for 7 days for febrile neutropenia. Whereas the original E. coli isolate was resistant to β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations (EC1), the relapse E. coli isolate showed a similar phenotype but with resistance extended to ceftazidime (EC2). We investigated the molecular...
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