New Delhi Metallo-β-Lactamase-1: Structure, Inhibitors and Detection of Producers

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Since its discovery in 2008, New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1)-producing Enterobacteriaceae have disseminated globally, facilitated predominantly by gut colonization and the spread of plasmids carrying the bla NDM-1 gene. With few effective antibiotics against NDM-1 producers, and resistance developing to those which remain, there is an urgent need to develop new treatments. To date, most drug design in...

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