Ticarcillin Hypersusceptibility in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis

• Main Authors: IT Hettiarachchi (Author), T O'Sullivan (Author), M Wootton (Author), A Smith (Author), J Duckers (Author), R Dhillon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Archives of Pulmonology and Respiratory Care - Peertechz Publications, 2017-09-13.
• Subjects: Research Article
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<p><strong>Background:</strong> A subpopulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PsA) exists in cysticfibrosis (CF) patients that  is  hypersusceptible  to  ticarcillin,  a  carboxypenicillin,  in  vitro (Tichs strain)  defined  as  a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ≤4μg/ml. </...