In vitro susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to an oral carbapenem alone or in combination with β-lactamase inhibitors.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on September 15, 2014

Authors

Yasuhiro Horita1, Shinji Maeda2, Yuko Kazumi2, Norio Doi3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathophysiology and Host Defense, Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Matsuyama, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan.
2: Department of Mycobacterium Reference and Research, Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Matsuyama, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan.
3: Department of Pathophysiology and Host Defense, Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Matsuyama, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan ndoi@jata.or.jp.

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