These authors report on the unique presentation of a 17-year-old previously healthy woman who developed acute onset fever, headache, nausea, and vomiting. Lumbar puncture confirmed a cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis, and blood and CSF (but not urine) cultures yielded Group B streptococcus (S. agalactiae).
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Synopsis: Investigators reported finding the presence of a metallo-â-lactamase gene mediating resistance to multiple â-lactam antibiotics, including carbapenems, among multiple species of Gram-negative pathogens isolated from a single hospital in Australia.
ADEP I-6 have a complex ring structure. ADEP-I is the primary natural product (factor A). ADEP-1 has congeners that have been optimized for antibacterial activity, with the addition of 2 fluorides, to produce a difluoronated phenylalanine side chain.
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