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. 2017 Dec 21;62(1):e01454-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01454-17

TABLE 6.

Effects of transposon insertion into genes for iron transporters, efflux pump, and porin on the activities of cefiderocol against P. aeruginosa PAO1

Strain Descriptiona MIC (μg/ml)b
Cefiderocol Ceftazidime Imipenem Ciprofloxacin Aztreonam
PAO1 0.125 2 1 0.125 4
PW1781 mexB (Tn) 0.063 1 1 0.063 0.25
PW1783 oprM (Tn) 0.063 1 1 ≤0.031 0.25
PW1776 mexR (Tn) 0.25 8 1 0.5 16
PW7066 nalD (Tn) 0.25 8 1 0.5 16
PW2742 oprD (Tn) 0.25 1 8 0.25 4
PW1861 fiuA (Tn) 0.063 2
PW2689 pirA (Tn) 0.063 2
PW3399 pfuA (Tn) 0.063 2
PW4366 feuA (cirA) (Tn) 0.063 2
PW5036 fpvA (Tn) 0.063 2
PW5144 foxA (optS) (Tn) 0.125 2
PW5503 pfeA (Tn) 0.063 1
PW7590 fecA (Tn) 0.063 1
PW8065 fpvB (Tn) 0.063 2
PW8161 fptA (Tn) 0.125 2
PW8599 piuA (Tn) 2 2
SR-L00016 piuA (Tn) and pirA (deletion) 2 2
SR-L00197 piuA (Tn)/pMMB67HE-Gm 2 1
SR-L00252 piuA (Tn)/pMMB67HE-Gm-piuA 0.063 1
a

Tn, transposon insertion.

b

—, not tested. MICs of cefiderocol were determined in ID-CAMHB, and those of references were determined in CAMHB.