Plasmid-Determined AmpC-Type β-Lactamases
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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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- Cephalosporin
- Microbiology
- Antibiotics
- Plasmid
- Lactam
- Gram-negative bacteria
- Bacteria
- Enterobacteriaceae
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