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Wallace, Meghan A.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5518-077X

Mayo Clinic

Washington University in St. Louis

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Development and Validation of a Novel Anaerobic Carbapenem Inactivation Method (Ana-CIM) for the Detection of Carbapenemase Production in Bacteroides fragilis
Eberly, Allison R. , Wallace, Meghan A. , Shannon, Samantha, Heitman, Angela K., Schuetz, Audrey N. , Burnham, Carey‐Ann D. , Jean, Sophonie , Schuetz, Audrey N , Burnham, C A , Eberly, Allison R

Journal of Clinical Microbiology | March 22, 2022 | Volume: 60 | Issue: 4 | Pages: No page available

10.1128/jcm.02188-21 Get It

Antibiotic resistance, particularly to carbapenems, is of increasing concern in Bacteroides fragilis . Carbapenem resistance in B. fragilis is most often mediated by the activation of chromosomally encoded metallo-β-lactamase cfiA by the presence of an upstream insertion sequence (IS).