"beta-Lactamases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Enzymes found in many bacteria which catalyze the hydrolysis of the amide bond in the beta-lactam ring. Well known antibiotics destroyed by these enzymes are penicillins and cephalosporins.
Descriptor ID |
D001618
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MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.087.180
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2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "beta-Lactamases" by people in Profiles.
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Comparative genomics of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-Ec) reveals a similar distribution of the 10 most prevalent ESBL-Ec clones and ESBL genes among human community faecal and extra-intestinal infection isolates in the Netherlands (2014-17). J Antimicrob Chemother. 2021 03 12; 76(4):901-908.
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Tracking of Antibiotic Resistance Transfer and Rapid Plasmid Evolution in a Hospital Setting by Nanopore Sequencing. mSphere. 2020 08 19; 5(4).
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Molecular characteristics of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in the Netherlands; results of the 2014-2018 national laboratory surveillance. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2020 Oct; 26(10):1412.e7-1412.e12.
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Whole-genome sequencing enabling the detection of a colistin-resistant hypermutating Citrobacter werkmanii strain harbouring a novel metallo-?-lactamase VIM-48. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2018 Jun; 51(6):867-874.
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Long-Term, Low-Frequency Cluster of a German-Imipenemase-1-Producing Enterobacter hormaechei ssp. steigerwaltii ST89 in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Germany. Microb Drug Resist. 2018 Nov; 24(9):1305-1315.
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Production of BRO beta-lactamases and resistance to complement in European Moraxella catarrhalis isolates. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Apr; 40(4):1546-8.