| Descriptor English: | beta-Lactam Resistance | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Resistencia betalactámica                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Resistência beta-Lactâmica | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Résistance aux bêta-lactamines | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Resistance, beta-Lactamase Resistant, beta-Lactamase beta Lactam Resistance beta Lactam Resistant beta Lactamase Resistance beta Lactamase Resistant beta-Lactam Resistant beta-Lactamase Resistance beta-Lactamase Resistant  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        G06.099.225.500 G06.225.347.500 G07.690.773.984.269.347.500  | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018440 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Nonsusceptibility of bacteria to the action of the beta-lactam antibiotics. Mechanisms responsible for beta-lactam resistance may be degradation of antibiotics by BETA-LACTAMASES, failure of antibiotics to penetrate, or low-affinity binding of antibiotics to targets. | 
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| Annotation: | general or unspecified; prefer specifics | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        DE                                                            drug effects EH ethnology GE genetics IM immunology PH physiology RE radiation effects  | 
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| Previous Indexing: | 
                                                Drug Resistance, Microbial (1974-1994) Lactams/pharmacology (1974-1994)  | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 1995 | 
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| History Note: | 1995 | 
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| Related: | 
                                                                                                                        Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
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| DeCS ID: | 32344 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D018440 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1995/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1994/01/25 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2017/02/07 | 
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| Scope note | Nonsusceptibility of bacteria to the action of the beta-lactam antibiotics. Mechanisms responsible for beta-lactam resistance may be degradation of antibiotics by BETA-LACTAMASES, failure of antibiotics to penetrate, or low-affinity binding of antibiotics to targets. | 
| Preferred term | beta-Lactam Resistance | 
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                                                                                            Resistance, beta-Lactamase                                                 Resistant, beta-Lactamase beta Lactam Resistance beta Lactam Resistant beta Lactamase Resistance beta Lactamase Resistant beta-Lactam Resistant beta-Lactamase Resistance beta-Lactamase Resistant  | 
                                
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