Open AccessNDM Metallo-β-Lactamases and Their Bacterial Producers in Health Care Settings
Author(s) -
Wenjing Wu,
Yu Feng,
Guangmin Tang,
Fu Qiao,
Alan McNally,
Zhiyong Zong
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical microbiology reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 9.177
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1070-6305
pISSN - 0893-8512
DOI - 10.1128/cmr.00115-18
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , medicine , biology , genetics
New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM) is a metallo-β-lactamase able to hydrolyze almost all β-lactams. Twenty-four NDM variants have been identified in >60 species of 11 bacterial families, and several variants have enhanced carbapenemase activity.
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