"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.
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D001618
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.087.180
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "beta-Lactamases" by people in Profiles.
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Hadjadj L, Syed MA, Abbasi SA, Rolain JM, Jamil B. Diversity of Carbapenem Resistance Mechanisms in Clinical Gram-Negative Bacteria in Pakistan. Microb Drug Resist. 2021 Jun; 27(6):760-767.
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Dretler AW, Avila J, Sandoval Lira L, Garc?a Rener M, Burger-Calderon R, Hargita MN, Page AM, Waggoner JJ, Satola SW. High Rates of New Delhi Metallo-?-Lactamase Carbapenemase Genes in Multi-Drug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Nicaragua. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 02; 102(2):384-387.
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Braun SD, Jamil B, Syed MA, Abbasi SA, Wei? D, Slickers P, Monecke S, Engelmann I, Ehricht R. Prevalence of carbapenemase-producing organisms at the Kidney Center of Rawalpindi (Pakistan) and evaluation of an advanced molecular microarray-based carbapenemase assay. Future Microbiol. 2018 09; 13:1225-1246.
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Li S, Su XH, Le WJ, Jiang FX, Wang BX, Rice PA. Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from symptomatic men attending the Nanjing sexually transmitted diseases clinic (2011-2012): genetic characteristics of isolates with reduced sensitivity to ceftriaxone. BMC Infect Dis. 2014 Nov 27; 14:622.
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Bamberger MH. Editorial comment. Urology. 2009 Jul; 74(1):123-4.
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Li J, Cross JB, Vreven T, Meroueh SO, Mobashery S, Schlegel HB. Lysine carboxylation in proteins: OXA-10 beta-lactamase. Proteins. 2005 Nov 01; 61(2):246-57.