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. 1988 Dec;7(6):778-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF01975047.

Synergistic effect of dosage and bacterial inoculum in TEM-1 mediated antibiotic resistance

J A Reguera  1 , F Baquero, J C Perez-Diaz, J L Martinez
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Synergistic effect of dosage and bacterial inoculum in TEM-1 mediated antibiotic resistance

J A Reguera et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1988 Dec.

Abstract

The effect of inoculum size and gene dosage on the level of antibiotic resistance mediated by TEM-1 beta-lactamase was measured. From the results it seemed that gene dosage is a more efficient mechanism than inoculum size for increasing TEM-1 mediated resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics. It also seemed that the two mechanisms for enhancing antibiotic resistance are synergistic. The clinical implications of these results are discussed.

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