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Variations in Ceftazidime and Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Susceptibilities within a Clonal Infection of Burkholderia pseudomallei

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 47, Issue 5, Pages 1556-1558

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01657-08

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  1. Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia [12-02-03-2033]
  2. University Malaya, Malaysia [PJP F0186/2007A]

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A patient with a clonal infection of Burkholderia pseudomallei had subpopulations with ceftazidime and amoxicillin-clavulanate susceptibilities that differed among the clinical specimens. Resistance was associated with a novel Cys69Tyr substitution in the Ambler class A beta-lactamase. Susceptibility testing of multiple colony variants from different sites should be performed for patients with culture-confirmed melioidosis.

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