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carbapenems

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carbapenems
β-lactam resistant antibiotics, including imipenem and meropenem, which are effective against a wide range of bacteria.
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Still, doctors perpetuate the problem by increasing the prescription of carbapenems due to the spread of pathogens armed with these resistance enzymes, thereby inadvertently creating carbapenemase-producing bacteria resistant to the antibiotic.
Reducing HAIs and ARIs: partnering with clinical labs by Amin, Devendra / Medical Laboratory Observer
He added that hospitals could use "reserve antibiotics" known as carbapenems but the bugs could then develop resistance to these too.
Superbug warning by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Resistance to fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides, and cotrimoxazole is often associated with CTX-M production (16,17), thereby limiting the choice of effective antimicrobial drugs to carbapenems or colistin.
CTX-M [beta]-lactamases in Escherichia coli from Community-acquired ... by Ruppe, Etienne; Hem, Sopheak; Lath, Sovannarith; Gautier, Valerie; Ariey, Frederic; Sarthou, Jean-Lo / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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