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. 1989 May;33(5):776–777. doi: 10.1128/aac.33.5.776

Production and induction of beta-lactamase during growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in biological fluids.

E D Letendre 1, P L Turgeon 1
PMCID: PMC172533  PMID: 2502067

Abstract

beta-Lactamase production in biological fluids was evaluated by using an antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain. Enzyme production was low in plasma or ascitic fluid and high in urine. Induction of beta-lactamase by imipenem was studied by using an inducible P. aeruginosa strain. Induction was lower in biological fluids than in Mueller-Hinton broth.

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