Inducible β-lactamases are principally responsible for the naturally occurring resistance towards β-lactam antibiotics in Proteus Vulgaris

Chemotherapy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 236-246

  Aspiotis, A ^a   Cullmann, W ^a   Dick, W ^b   Stieglitz, M ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Lukaskrankenhaus GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Clavulanic acid lactam antibiotics; Inducible lactamases

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLTHIO 6 (1 HYDROXYETHYL)PENEM 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID; 6 AMINOPENICILLANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALOTIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFPIROME; CEFSULODIN; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CENTA; CLAVULANIC ACID; IMIPENEM; LATAMOXEF; MEZLOCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CENTA; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEREDITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INDUCIBLE ENZYME; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS VULGARIS;

ANTIBIOTICS, LACTAM; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLAVULANIC ACIDS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENZYME INDUCTION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0022580156     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000238420     Document Type: Article

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