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Macrolide therapy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections causes uL4 ribosomal protein mutations leading to high-level resistance.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Dec 2022
Goltermann Lise, Andersen Kasper Langebjerg, Johansen Helle Krogh, Molin Søren, La Rosa Ruggero
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OBJECTIVES: Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonizes the cystic fibrosis (CF) airways causing chronic bacterial lung infections. CF patients are routinely treated with macrolides, however, P. aeruginosa is considered insusceptible as consequence of inadequate susceptibility testing leaving resistance mechanism completely overlooked. Here, we investigated a new mechanism of macrolide resistance caused by ribosomal protein...
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