PMID:18250190

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Davies, TA, Shang, W, Bush, K and Flamm, RK (2008) Affinity of doripenem and comparators to penicillin-binding proteins in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 52:1510-2

Abstract

Doripenem, a parenteral carbapenem, exhibited high affinity for penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP2) and PBP3 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and PBP2 in Escherichia coli, the primary PBPs whose inhibition leads to cell death. This PBP affinity profile correlates with the broad-spectrum gram-negative activity observed with doripenem.

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PubMed PMC2292531 Online version:10.1128/AAC.01529-07

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Anti-Bacterial Agents/metabolism; Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Carbapenems/metabolism; Carbapenems/pharmacology; Escherichia coli/drug effects; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Humans; Inhibitory Concentration 50; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Penicillin-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Pseudomonas aeruginosa/drug effects; Pseudomonas aeruginosa/metabolism; beta-Lactams/metabolism; beta-Lactams/pharmacology

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