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Carbapenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis patients.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jul 1996
Ballestero S, Fernández-Rodríguez A, Villaverde R, Escobar H, Pérez-Díaz J C, Baquero F
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The evolution of imipenem resistance was evaluated in Pseudomonas aeruginosa sequentially isolated from 42 patients with cystic fibrosis. Susceptibility was determined using a commercial microdilution system and imipenem resistance was confirmed by the agar dilution technique. Resistance to imipenem increased during the years from 1988 to 1992. A total of 12 patients (28.5%) carried resistant strains (11.6% of...
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