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Emergence of Ceftolozane-Tazobactam-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa during Treatment Is Mediated by a Single AmpC Structural Mutation.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2017
MacVane Shawn H, Pandey Ruchi, Steed Lisa L, Kreiswirth Barry N, Chen Liang
Abstract excerpt
Ceftolozane-tazobactam is a cephalosporin-β-lactamase inhibitor combination that exhibits potent in vitro activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, including strains that are resistant to other β-lactams. The emergence of ceftolozane-tazobactam resistance among clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa has rarely been described. Here we characterized ceftolozane-tazobactam-resistant P. aeruginosa strains recovered from a...
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