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OXA-11, an extended-spectrum variant of OXA-10 (PSE-2) beta-lactamase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Aug 1993
Hall L M, Livermore D M, Gur D, Akova M, Akalin H E
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa ABD, which was isolated in October 1991 from blood cultures of a burn patient in Turkey, was resistant to cephalosporins, particularly ceftazidime (MIC, 512 micrograms/ml), penicillins, aztreonam, and meropenem, but not to imipenem. Cephalosporin and penicillin resistance transferred to P. aeruginosa PU21 and was associated with a beta-lactamase with a pI of 6.4 encoded by a 100-MDa plasmid...
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