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SUBMITTER: Mammeri H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC521871 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20041001 10
Cloning, sequencing, and biochemical analysis identified a novel AmpC-type beta-lactamase conferring resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins in an Escherichia coli clinical isolate. This enzyme, exhibiting 14 amino acid substitutions compared to a reference AmpC cephalosporinase of E. coli, hydrolyzed ceftazidime and cefepime significantly. ...[more]