Table 1. MICs of (μg/ml) carbapenem antibiotics against A. baumannii ATCC 17978 producing various CHDLs.
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Antibiotic | Controla | OXA-51 | OXA-51Mb | OXA-23c | OXA-24c | OXA-58c |
Imipenem | 0.125 | 2 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 8 |
Meropenem | 0.25 | 8 | 64 | 64 | 128 | 4 |
Ertapenem | 2 | 32 | 256 | 256 | >256 | 32 |
Doripenem | 0.125 | 8 | 64 | 32 | 128 | 4 |
Parental A. baumannii ATCC 17978 strain with the plasmid pNT221 without a β-lactamase gene.
OXA-51M denotes the OXA51 Trp222Met mutant enzyme.
The MICs of OXA-23, OXA-24 and OXA-58 for carbapenems have been previously reported.11