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  • noun organic chemistry Any of a class of broad-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotics that are resistant to enzymatic hydrolysis

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Examples

  • Instead of assuming that metallo-β-lactamases will evolve rapidly, it would be highly desirable to accurately predict their evolution in response to carbapenem selection.

    Behe's Test, Take 2 2008

  • Halls paper is about the application of a technique he developed to establish, if problems with resistance for a range of existing or evern newly developed carbapenem might arise by the very simple mechanismen of one or double mutation.

    Behe's Test, Take 2 2008

  • In January 1997, carbapenem-resistant (CR) A. baumannii strains emerged and rapidly disseminated in the intensive care units (ICUs), link

    Behe's Test 2008

  • Similarly, in Israel, where there has been a nationwide outbreak of a strain of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae since 2006, a coordinated effort at every level of public health has succeeded in containing the spread of the bacteria.

    Don't Forget the Bacterial Threat Mitchell J. Schwaber And Yehuda Carmeli 2009

  • They are the most frequently identified bacteria in human disease and are resistant to the carbapenem group of antibiotics, the drugs of last resort in combating resistant bacteria of this type.

    Don't Forget the Bacterial Threat Mitchell J. Schwaber And Yehuda Carmeli 2009

  • During this same period, more than 100 people are estimated to have succumbed to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the New York City area alone, and more have undoubtedly died outside of New York.

    Don't Forget the Bacterial Threat Mitchell J. Schwaber And Yehuda Carmeli 2009

  • Recently, former University of Rochester microbiologist Barry Hall examined various antibiotics in a class called “carbapenems,” which are chemically similar to penicillin.26 With unusual clarity of thought on the topic of evolution, Hall wrote, “Instead of assuming that the chief kind of enzyme that might destroy these antibiotics will evolve rapidly, it would be highly desirable to accurately predict their evolution in response to carbapenem selection” emphasis added.

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • Recently, former University of Rochester microbiologist Barry Hall examined various antibiotics in a class called “carbapenems,” which are chemically similar to penicillin.26 With unusual clarity of thought on the topic of evolution, Hall wrote, “Instead of assuming that the chief kind of enzyme that might destroy these antibiotics will evolve rapidly, it would be highly desirable to accurately predict their evolution in response to carbapenem selection” emphasis added.

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • Recently, former University of Rochester microbiologist Barry Hall examined various antibiotics in a class called “carbapenems,” which are chemically similar to penicillin.26 With unusual clarity of thought on the topic of evolution, Hall wrote, “Instead of assuming that the chief kind of enzyme that might destroy these antibiotics will evolve rapidly, it would be highly desirable to accurately predict their evolution in response to carbapenem selection” emphasis added.

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

  • Recently, former University of Rochester microbiologist Barry Hall examined various antibiotics in a class called “carbapenems,” which are chemically similar to penicillin.26 With unusual clarity of thought on the topic of evolution, Hall wrote, “Instead of assuming that the chief kind of enzyme that might destroy these antibiotics will evolve rapidly, it would be highly desirable to accurately predict their evolution in response to carbapenem selection” emphasis added.

    The Edge of Evolution Michael J. Behe 2007

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