| Literature DB >> 1526451 |
L S Tzouvelekis1, E Tzelepi, A F Mentis, A C Vatopoulos, A Tsakris.
Abstract
Enterobacter aerogenes mutants with high-level resistance to imipenem were studied. They were derived from strains characterized by stable over-production of a class-I beta-lactamase. This enzyme (pI = 8.2) exhibited high affinity toward imipenem and hydrolysed the drug slowly. Imipenem-resistant mutants lacked a major 43-kDa outer membrane protein and displayed decreased permeability to cephaloridine. Introduction of a plasmid coding for the regulatory ampD gene abolished beta-lactamase production and rendered the mutants susceptible to imipenem.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1526451 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(92)90428-q
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEMS Microbiol Lett ISSN: 0378-1097 Impact factor: 2.742