"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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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "beta-Lactamases" by people in Profiles.
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Assessment of three antibiotic combination regimens against Gram-negative bacteria causing neonatal sepsis in low- and middle-income countries. Nat Commun. 2024 May 10; 15(1):3947.
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Carriage of antimicrobial-resistant Enterobacterales among pregnant women and newborns in Amhara, Ethiopia. Int J Infect Dis. 2024 Jun; 143:107035.
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Outbreak of NDM-1- and OXA-181-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infections in a Neonatal Unit, South Africa. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 08; 29(8):1531-1539.
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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in patients with bacteraemia at tertiary academic hospitals in South Africa, 2019 - 2020: An update. S Afr Med J. 2022 08 01; 112(8):542-552.
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Comparison of carbapenem minimum inhibitory concentrations of Oxacillin-48-like Klebsiella pneumoniae by Sensititre, Vitek 2, MicroScan, and Etest. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2022 Dec; 28(12):1650.e1-1650.e5.
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Association Between Minimum Inhibitory Concentration, Beta-lactamase Genes and Mortality for Patients Treated With Piperacillin/Tazobactam or Meropenem From the MERINO Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 12 06; 73(11):e3842-e3850.
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A multisectoral investigation of a neonatal unit outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia at a regional hospital in Gauteng Province, South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2020 Jul 29; 110(8):783-790.
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Peptidoglycan biosynthesis and remodeling revisited. Adv Appl Microbiol. 2020; 112:67-103.
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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in patients with bacteraemia at tertiary hospitals in South Africa, 2015 to 2018. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2020 Jul; 39(7):1287-1294.
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Genomic analysis of two drug-resistant clinical Morganella morganii strains isolated from UTI patients in Pretoria, South Africa. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2020 Jan; 70(1):21-28.