A 62-year-old male with COPD and chronic sputum production is hospitalized with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Sputum culture grows Pseudomonas aeruginosa. All of the following are correct regarding P. aeruginosa antibiotic resistance mechanisms EXCEPT:

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