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Plasmid-Mediated Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing β-Lactamase KPC in a <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Isolate from France
27 Sept 2005
Abstract excerpt
Carbapenem-hydrolyzing β-lactamases can be metallo-β-lactamases (7), expanded-spectrum oxacillinases (8), or Ambler class A enzymes (1, 2, 4, 6, 9-12). The class A KPC β-lactamases hydrolyze all β-lactams except for cephamycins and have been rarely reported in studies of enterobacterial species (Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella oxytoca, Salmonella enterica, Enterobacter sp.) found in New England and the...
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