High-level cefepime resistance in Escherichia coli from Singapore producing OXA-1 beta-lactamase

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2008 Apr;31(4):382-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2007.11.004. Epub 2008 Jan 4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cefepime
  • Cephalosporin Resistance* / genetics
  • Cephalosporins / pharmacology*
  • Ertapenem
  • Escherichia coli / drug effects*
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Kinetics
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Singapore
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism*
  • beta-Lactams / pharmacology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cephalosporins
  • beta-Lactams
  • Cefepime
  • beta-lactamase OXA-2
  • beta-Lactamases
  • Ertapenem