"beta-Lactam Resistance" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D018440
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G06.099.225.500 G06.225.347.500 G07.690.320.269.347.500
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