Piperacillin/tazobactam resistant, cephalosporin susceptible Escherichia coli bloodstream infections are driven by multiple acquisition of resistance across diverse sequence types
T. Edwards, E. Heinz, J. van Aartsen, A. Howard, P. Roberts, C. Corless, A. J. Fraser, C. T. Williams, I. Bulgasim, L. E. Cuevas, C. M. Parry, A. P. Roberts, E. R. Adams, J. Mason, A. Hubbard
The paper identifies genetic diversity and resistance mechanisms in E. coli with piperacillin/tazobactam resistance but third-generation cephalosporin susceptibility.
bioRxiv · Sep 18, 2020Microbiology