RNDMexB,

Francesca Collu1, Attilio V Vargiu, Jürg Dreier

  • 1Departement für Chemie und Biochemie, Universität Bern, Freiestrasse 3, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.

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まとめ

メロペネムはイミペネムよりも Pseudomonas aeruginosa の MexB 流出ポンプに強く結合する. 水分補給特性によって引き起こされるこの違いは,メロペネムが多剤耐性ポンプによってより影響を受ける理由を説明しています.

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