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Structure, Genetics and Worldwide Spread of New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase (NDM): a threat to public health

BACKGROUND: The emergence of carbapenemase producing bacteria, especially New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1) and its variants, worldwide, has raised amajor public health concern. NDM-1 hydrolyzes a wide range of β-lactam antibiotics, including carbapenems, which are the last resort of antibiotics...

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Autores principales: Khan, Asad U., Maryam, Lubna, Zarrilli, Raffaele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5408368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28449650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-017-1012-8