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  • Title: Imipenem resistance in Enterobacter.
    Author: Thomson KS, Sanders CC, Chmel H.
    Journal: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis; 1993 Aug; 12(8):610-3. PubMed ID: 8223659.
    Abstract:
    Blood cultures obtained on two separate occasions from a 37-year-old male who received multiple antibiotics (including imipenem) for treatment of repeated episodes of intraabdominal abscesses and bacteremia yielded two isolates of Enterobacter with reduced susceptibility to imipenem, extended-spectrum cephalosporins, penicillins and aztreonam. Both isolates were unstable, giving rise to different colony types, each of which produced a single, non-inducible Bush group 1 beta-lactamase (pI = 9.6) that hydrolyzed imipenem. Outer membrane proteins were analyzed but no differences were detected between strains with different levels of imipenem resistance. Three-dimensional tests performed in conjunction with disk diffusion susceptibility tests provided a rapid and convenient means of detecting the production of imipenem-hydrolyzing enzymes by the Enterobacter strains. These isolates provided additional evidence that overproduction of the group 1 cephalosporinase of Enterobacter can contribute to resistance to imipenem.
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