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Properties of IRT-14 (TEM-45), a newly characterized mutant of TEM-type beta-lactamases.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Feb 1997
Caniça M M, Barthélémy M, Gilly L, Labia R, Krishnamoorthy R, Paul G
Abstract excerpt
IRT-14 (TEM-45) is a new mutant TEM-type beta-lactamase that was isolated from clinical Escherichia coli P37 and that confers resistance to broad-spectrum penicillins with reduced sensitivity to beta-lactamase inhibitors. The MICs of amoxicillin alone and of amoxicillin combined with 2 micrograms of clavulanic acid or 2 micrograms of tazobactam per ml were 4,096, 2,048, and 1,024 micrograms/ml, respectively. The...
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