Antibiotic Resistance of Bacteria

[...]the prospect of chemotherapy looks bleak. Extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL) is a bacterial enzyme having the ability to hydrolyse even the third-generation cephalosporins and aztreonam. Besides Klebsiella pneumoniae some strains of Escherichia coli are also known to produce this enzyme.

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Published in:BioMed research international 2015-01, Vol.2015, p.501658-2
Main Authors: Chattopadhyay, Madhab K., Chakraborty, Ranadhir, Grossart, Hans-Peter, Reddy, Gundlapally S., Jagannadham, Medicharla V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antibiotics
Antimicrobial agents
Bacteria
Bacterial Infections
Bacteriology
Chemotherapy
Drug resistance
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
E coli
Enzymes
Epidemiology
Genotype & phenotype
Humans
Investigations
Laboratories
Lettuce
Staphylococcus infections
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Summary:[...]the prospect of chemotherapy looks bleak. Extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL) is a bacterial enzyme having the ability to hydrolyse even the third-generation cephalosporins and aztreonam. Besides Klebsiella pneumoniae some strains of Escherichia coli are also known to produce this enzyme.
ISSN:2314-6133
2314-6141
DOI:10.1155/2015/501658