Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Xavier Vuillemin1, Maëlle Da Silva2, Maxime Bour2

  • 1Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France; Laboratoire Associé au Centre National de Référence de la Résistance aux Antibiotiques, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon, France; Chrono-environnement, Université Bourgogne-Franche Comté, Besançon, France.

概括

Pseudomonas aeruginosa 中的一些扩展谱氧酶 (ES-OXA) 降低了对 cefiderocol 的敏感性. 这些β-乳糖酶的特定突变与较新的类的活性下降有关.

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