Beta-lactamases (β-lactamases) are enzymes (EC 3.5.2.6) produced by bacteria that provide multi-resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillins...
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development of the class of enzyme inhibitors called beta-lactamase inhibitors. Although β-lactamase inhibitors have little antibiotic activity of their own...
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resistance to β-lactam antibiotics by synthesizing a β-lactamase, an enzyme that attacks the β-lactam ring. To overcome this resistance, β-lactam antibiotics...
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gene. Later, the journal editor apologized for allowing the name. NDM-1 β-lactamase was also found in a K. pneumoniae isolate from Croatia, and the patient...
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Penicillin (section β-lactamase inhibitors)
or tazobactam, β-lactamase inhibitors, alongside penicillin gives penicillin activity against β-lactamase-producing bacteria. β-Lactamase inhibitors irreversibly...
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Cefixime Cefotaxime Cefpodoxime Ceftazidime Ceftriaxone Cefdinir (With β-lactamase stability and enhanced activity against Gram-positive bacteria and Pseudomonas...
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ability to make a cell wall. It is resistant to breakdown by many kinds of β-lactamase enzymes, produced by bacteria to protect themselves from antibiotics...
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a combination consisting of amoxicillin, a β-lactam antibiotic, and potassium clavulanate, a β-lactamase inhibitor. It is specifically used for otitis...
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supplementary β-lactam-insensitive PBP. Compared to other β-lactam antibiotics (such as penicillins), they are less susceptible to β-lactamases. Currently...
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Avibactam (category Beta-lactamase inhibitors)
Avibactam is a non-β-lactam β-lactamase inhibitor developed by Actavis (now Teva) jointly with AstraZeneca. A new drug application for avibactam in combination...
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Staphylococcus aureus (beta-lactamase and non-beta-lactamase producing), Staphylococcus epidermidis (beta-lactamase and non-beta-lactamase producing), Staphylococcus...
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β-lactamases, a class of enzymes that break open the β-lactam ring. More than 1,800 different β-lactamase enzymes have been documented in various species of...
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AmpC-type β-lactamase enzyme, which breaks down penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems; PER-1: encodes a PER-1 type extended-spectrum β-lactamase enzyme...
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Ceftazidime/avibactam (category Beta-lactamase inhibitors)
composed of ceftazidime, a cephalosporin antibiotic, and avibactam, a β-lactamase inhibitor. It is used to treat complicated intra-abdominal infections...
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Clavulanic acid (category Beta-lactamase inhibitors)
Clavulanic acid is a β-lactam drug that functions as a mechanism-based β-lactamase inhibitor. While not effective by itself as an antibiotic, when combined...
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enzymes, as well as the enzyme VIM (Verona Integron-Mediated Metallo-β-lactamase) have also been reported in Pseudomonas. Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae...
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Sulbactam (category Beta-lactamase inhibitors)
Sulbactam is a β-lactamase inhibitor. This drug is given in combination with β-lactam antibiotics to inhibit β-lactamase, an enzyme produced by bacteria...
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inactivated by β-lactamases.[citation needed] Flucloxacillin was developed in the 1960s following an increase in penicillin-resistant (beta-lactamase producing)...
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amino-benzylpenicillins and ureidopencillins work synergistically with β-lactamase inhibitors. Concurrent use or unregulated dosages of piperacillin results...
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Emblaveo (by Pfizer), is a combination of aztreonam, a β-lactam antibiotic, and avibactam, a β-Lactamase inhibitor, developed by AbbVie and Pfizer for aerobic...
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carbapenem/ β-lactamase inhibitor combination (cell wall synthesis inhibitor). FDA approved on 16 July 2019. Meropenem/vaborbactam: carbapenem/ β-lactamase inhibitor...
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combination antibiotic consisting of ticarcillin, a β-lactam antibiotic, and clavulanic acid, a β-lactamase inhibitor. This combination results in an antibiotic...
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Tazobactam (category Beta-lactamase inhibitors)
Tazobactam is a pharmaceutical drug that inhibits the action of bacterial β-lactamases, especially those belonging to the SHV-1 and TEM groups. It is commonly...
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urinary tract infections. It contains cefoperazone, a β-lactam antibiotic, and sulbactam, a β-lactamase inhibitor, which helps prevent bacteria from breaking...
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Vaborbactam (category Beta-lactamase inhibitors)
Vaborbactam (INN) is a non-β-lactam β-lactamase inhibitor discovered by Rempex Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of The Medicines Company. While not effective...
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Ceftolozane/tazobactam (category Beta-lactamase inhibitors)
otherwise be resistant to ceftolozane. Ceftolozane is combined with the β-lactamase inhibitor tazobactam, which protects ceftolozane from degradation. It...
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Zhanel GG (2013). "Molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-, AmpC β-lactamase- and carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella...
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combination medication containing the antibiotic piperacillin and the β-lactamase inhibitor tazobactam. The combination has activity against many Gram-positive...
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The metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) superfamily constitutes a group of proteins found in all domains of life that share a characteristic αββα fold with the...
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Wildonger in the mid-1970s. Carbapenems are highly resistant to the β-lactamase enzymes produced by many multiple drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria...
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