Modification of the penicillin-binding-protein 3 as a source of resistance to broad-spectrum cephalosporins in Escherichia coli

Samanta Freire¹, Jacqueline Findlay^{1

2}, Eva Gruner³, Vera Bruderer³, Patrice Nordmann^{1

2}, Laurent Poirel^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Science and Medicine, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
² Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Antibiotic Resistance (NARA), University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
³ Medica-Medizinische Laboratorien Dr F. Kaeppeli AG, Zürich, Switzerland.

Samanta Freire et al. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2024.

. 2024 Apr 2;79(4):930-932.

doi: 10.1093/jac/dkae020.

Samanta Freire¹, Jacqueline Findlay^{1

2}, Eva Gruner³, Vera Bruderer³, Patrice Nordmann^{1

2}, Laurent Poirel^{1

2}

¹ Faculty of Science and Medicine, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
² Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Antibiotic Resistance (NARA), University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
³ Medica-Medizinische Laboratorien Dr F. Kaeppeli AG, Zürich, Switzerland.

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