Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (1999) 44, 851-852
© 1999 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
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A method using TEM-5-ß-lactamase to assay imipenem
J Antimicrob Chemother 1999; 44 851852
a Laboratoire Universitaire de Thérapeutique, Service de Médecine Interne B, Hôpital carémeau, rue du Professeur-Debré, 30029 Nîmes Cédex; b Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Gaston-Doumergue, rue Hoche, 30029 Nîmes Cédex; c Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine, 28 place Henri-Dunant, BP 38, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex, France
Sir,
We read with interest the article by Ip et al.1
concerning the description of a rapid, HPLC assay for cefepime, cefpirome and particularly
meropenem, a carbapenem. We have previously described an enzyme assay for sulbactam,2 a ß-lactamase inhibitor, using
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