beta-Lactam resistance of motile Aeromonas isolates from clinical and environmental sources

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1994 Feb;38(2):353-5. doi: 10.1128/AAC.38.2.353.

Abstract

The MICs of various beta-lactams for 182 isolates of Aeromonas species, i.e., A. hydrophila (n = 101), A. sobria (n = 69), and A. caviae (n = 12), from clinical and environmental sources were determined by an agar dilution technique. All strains were resistant to ampicillin and susceptible to aztreonam. A. sobria and A. caviae demonstrated lower resistance rates than A. hydrophila. Penicillin-hydrolyzing beta-lactamases were detected in all strains.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aeromonas / drug effects*
  • Aeromonas / enzymology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Movement
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • beta-Lactamases / biosynthesis
  • beta-Lactams

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • beta-Lactams
  • beta-Lactamases