reviewAntimicrobial Agents and ChemotherapyJan 1, 2002BRONZE OA

Plasmid-Determined AmpC-Type β-Lactamases

Université Paris Cité · Hôpital Cochin · +3 more institutions

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Abstract

The predominant mechanism for resistance to β-lactam antibiotics in gram-negative bacteria is the synthesis of β-lactamase. To meet this challenge, β-lactams with greater β-lactamase stability, including cephalosporins, carbapenems, and monobactams, were introduced in the 1980s. Resistance

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Keywords
  • Cephalosporin
  • Microbiology
  • Antibiotics
  • Plasmid
  • Lactam
  • Gram-negative bacteria
  • Bacteria
  • Enterobacteriaceae
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