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- noun biochemistry Any
lactamase that can hydrolyzecarbapenem antibiotics and thus provideresistance to them
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This strain, called carbapenemase - producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC) is resistant to almost all classes of antibiotics.
Emaxhealth 2009
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First described in 2008, NDM-1 is an enzyme that destroys carbapenems, also known as a carbapenemase.
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First described in 2008, NDM-1 is an enzyme that destroys carbapenems, also known as a carbapenemase.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Aside from NDM-1, other carpabenemases have also been detected in Britain and worldwide, the HPA said, including one known as Verona Imipenemase (VIM), another called Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) and another called OXA-48.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Aside from NDM-1, other carpabenemases have also been detected in Britain and worldwide, the HPA said, including one known as Verona Imipenemase (VIM), another called Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) and another called OXA-48.
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The outbreak in Brasilia of klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase, known as KPC, follows others in Israel in 2007 and in Puerto Rico in 2008, according to the US Centres for Disease
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Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase - often just called KPC - is enzyme produced by bacteria that annuls the effectiveness of modern antibiotics and it tends to infect patients who have had surgery or other invasive procedures.
The Seattle Times 2010
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The outbreak of klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase in Brasilia follows others in Israel in
The Seattle Times 2010
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