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Consecutive mutations leading to the emergence in vivo of imipenem resistance in a clinical strain of Enterobacter aerogenes.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jun 1994
Tzouvelekis L S, Tzelepi E, Kaufmann M E, Mentis A F
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Three consecutive isolates of Enterobacter aerogenes were obtained from the blood cultures of a hospitalised patient who was receiving antibiotic therapy. The initial isolate possessed an inducible cephalosporinase and was susceptible to third-generation cephalosporins. After ceftazidime treatment, a second isolate resistant to this antibiotic and characterised by stable overproduction of the chromosomal...
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