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Antibiotic resistance and extended spectrum beta-lactamases: Types, epidemiology and treatment.

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The carbapenems are widely regarded as the drugs of choice for the treatment of severe infections caused by ESBL-producing Enterobacteriaceae, although comparative clinical trials are scarce and the feasible modification of guidelines for community-onset bacteremia associated with different infections are prescribed.
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This article is published in Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences.The article was published on 2015-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 534 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Antibiotic resistance & Antimicrobial.

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Studies on the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains from agriculture-associated waters and their proteomic and genomic characterizations

TL;DR: The role of the authors' natural ecosystems, especially rivers, in spreading multidrug resistant pathogenic bacteria and warrants further study and proactive interventions to prevent the pollution of water bodies is pointed out.
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Alternatives Therapeutic Approaches to Conventional Antibiotics: Advantages, Limitations and Potential Application in Medicine

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Análisis comparativo de los elementos genómicos de resistencia a antibióticos betalactámicos en cepas colombianas de Providencia rettgeri durante el período 2015 - 2016

TL;DR: Los elementos genomicos de resistencia a antibioticos betalactamicos en cepas colombianas de P. rettgeri demostraron ser un determinante importante para caracterizar los aislamientos con base en el resistoma.
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Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases: a clinical update.

TL;DR: Extended-spectrum β-lactamases represent an impressive example of the ability of gram-negative bacteria to develop new antibiotic resistance mechanisms in the face of the introduction of new antimicrobial agents.
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Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in the 21st Century: Characterization, Epidemiology, and Detection of This Important Resistance Threat

TL;DR: β-Lactamases continue to be the leading cause of resistance to β-lactam antibiotics among gram-negative bacteria and are now found in a significant percentage of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in certain countries.
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A functional classification scheme for beta-lactamases and its correlation with molecular structure.

TL;DR: These enzymes are the major cause of bacterial resistance to b-lactam antibiotics and have been the subject of extensive microbiological, biochemical, and genetic investigations.
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beta-Lactamases in laboratory and clinical resistance.

TL;DR: The ability of the prevalent beta-Lactamases to cause resistance to widely used beta-lactams, whether resistance is accurately reflected in routine tests, and the extent to which the antibiogram for an organism can be used to predict the type of beta- lactamase that it produces are considered.
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The paper discusses the production of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) as a significant resistance mechanism.