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Clinical isolates of Escherichia coli solely resistant to mecillinam: prevalence and epidemiology.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Mar 2018
Bousquet Aurore, Bugier Sarah, Larréché Sébastien, Bigaillon Christine, Weber Philippe, Delacour Hervé, Valade Eric, De Briel Dominique, Mérens Audrey
Abstract excerpt
In routine susceptibility testing of Gram-negative bacteria, a particular resistance phenotype was observed: an Escherichia coli isolate from a urine sample exhibited resistance solely to mecillinam (MEC) but was fully susceptible to other β-lactam antibiotics (MEC-R-BL-S). The objectives as this study were to determine the prevalence of this phenotype and to describe the phenotype, molecular epidemiology and...
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