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. 2021 Dec 13;7(12):000723. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000723

Table 3.

Mechanisms of β-lactam antimicrobial resistance among invasive H. influenzae strains (2014–2019). Amino acid substitutions in PBP3 and classification according to Dabernat et al. [25], and β-lactamase production

No. isolates

MIC (mg l−1)

Amino acid substitutions

β-lactamase*

AMP

AMC†

Ile

Asp

Ala

Met

Ala

Ile

Gly

Ala

Asn

Ala

bla TEM-1

bla ROB-1

348

350

368

377

437

449

490

502

526

530

No changes

32

≤0.12–0.25

≤0.5

10

4 ->4

≤0.5–2

+

Group IIa

1

0.5

1

Lys

Ser

1

1

1

Asn

Glu

Lys

Ser

1

1

1

Asn

Lys

Group IIb

1

1

1

Glu

Val

Lys

2

0.5–1

1

Asn

Ile

Val

Lys

Group IIc

2

1

1

Thr

Lys

2

1

1

Asn

Thr

Lys

Group IId

1

1

1

Val

Lys

Miscellaneous

10

0.25–0.5

≤0.5–1

Asn

1

≤0.12

≤0.5

Val

1

>4

2

Asn

+

1

>4

≤0.5

Asn

+

1

≤0.12

≤0.5

Asn

Ser

1

0.25

≤0.5

Thr

*β-lactamase production: positive (+), negative (−).

†The ratio of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid was 2 : 1.

AMC, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid; AMP, ampicillin; MIC, Minimum inhibitory concentration.