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Emerging Resistance to Novel -βLactam β-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations in Klebsiella pneumoniae bearing KPC Variants
2025-04-14
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ABSTRACT Background: Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) variants, predominantly KPC-2 and KPC-3, are significant global resistance mechanisms. KPC-2 and KPC-3 confer resistance to a broad range of β-lactams, including carbapenems, while remaining susceptible to ceftazidime-avibactam (CZA). Recently, new KPC variants have developed resistance to CZA through mutations, insertions, or deletions in regions such...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 63fb8f79-a931-560f-afdd-d02942b059f2
- DOI
- 10.1101/2025.04.14.648765
