Table 4 Mechanisms of betalactamins resistance in strains
From: Seawater drowning-associated pneumonia: a 10-year descriptive cohort in intensive care unit
Resistance mechanisms | N = 13 |
|---|---|
Natural resistance | 10 (77%) |
Chromosomal penicillinase: Klebsiella spp./Citrobacter koserii | 4 |
AmpC cephalosporinase: Enterobacter spp./Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 6 |
Acquired resistance | 3 (23%) |
MexAB-OprM efflux pump: Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 |
Inducible penicillinase: Staphylococcus aureus | 2 |