Induction of beta-lactamase in Gram-negative bacteria.

doi:10.1016/0732-8893(89)90125-9

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Induction of beta-lactamase in Gram-negative bacteria.

Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Jan 2000

Wiedemann B, Peter K

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The induction of beta-lactamase in Gram-negative bacteria in vitro has been established. It is possible to distinguish between high and low beta-lactamase inducers in vitro. This differentiation is clinically irrelevant because induction has little effect on the treatment of a bacterial infection...

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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Infections
Enzyme Induction
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Humans
In Vitro Techniques
Mutation
beta-Lactamases

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