-Lactamases of subspecies of Bacteroides fragilis
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Vol. 4 (suppl B) , 47-54
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/4.suppl_b.47
Abstract
The β-lactamase activities of 64 strains of Bacteroides fragilis were studied. The subspecies of Bacteroides fragilis were found to have β-lactamases which focussed at distinctive isoelectric points. Five strains which showed a high degree of resistance to β-lactam antibiotics showed three separate types of resistance, two of which were enzymic. Cephalosporins showed variable degrees of susceptibility to hydrolysis by the Bacteroides fragilis enzymes but cefoxitin was unaffected.Keywords
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