Susceptibility testing of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia to carbapenems.

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Susceptibility testing of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia to carbapenems.

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jul 1997

Howe R A, Wilson M P, Walsh T R, Millar M R

Abstract excerpt

The susceptibility of 20 clinical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia to the carbapenems imipenem and meropenem was investigated by various methods. S. maltophilia appeared sensitive to meropenem but resistant to imipenem by disc testing in Iso-sensitest agar. Agar dilution MICs were perform...

Topics

Bacterial Proteins
Carbapenems
Imipenem
Meropenem
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Mutation
Pseudomonadaceae
Thienamycins
beta-Lactam Resistance
beta-Lactamases

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