The KPC type beta-lactamases: new enzymes that confer resistance to carbapenems in Gram-negative bacilli.

Antimicrobial resistance due to the continuous selective pressure from widespread use of antimicrobials in humans, animals and agriculture has been a growing problem for last decades. KPC beta-lactamases hydrolyzed beta-lactams of all classes. Especially, carbapenem antibiotics are hydrolyzed more e...

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Main Authors: Piotr Wieczorek, Jadwiga Jaworowska, Alina Ostas, Paweł Sacha, Dominika Ojdana, Jerzy Ratajczak, Elzbieta Tryniszewska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2010-05-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4309