Resistance
Resistance to cephalosporin antibiotics can involve either reduced affinity of existing penicillin-binding-protein components or the acquisition of a supplementary beta-lactam-insensitive penicillin-binding-protein. Currently some Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter cloacae and Escherichia coli strains are resistant to cephalosporin. Some Morganella morganii, Proteus vulgaris, Providencia rettgeri, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Serratia marcescens strains have also developed resistance to cephalosporin to varying degrees.
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