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- noun Plural form of
carbapenem .
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Examples
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Most worrisome, says Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiologist Arjun Srinivasan, is that bacteria like acinetobacter are becoming resistant to the class of drugs known as carbapenems, considered a last line of defense for gram-negative organisms.
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A 2010 survey found 49 percent of K. pneumoniae samples in Greece aren't killed by the antibiotics of last resort, known as carbapenems, according to the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network.
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In the worst case scenarios for bacterial infections, a group of antibiotics called carbapenems are generally used.
Gizmodo Adrian Covert 2012
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A 2010 survey found 49 percent of K. pneumoniae samples in Greece aren't killed by the antibiotics of last resort, known as carbapenems, according to the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network.
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The superbug form is resistant even to a class of medicines called carbapenems, the most powerful known antibiotics, which are usually reserved by doctors as a last line of defense.
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NDM-1 makes bacteria highly resistant to almost all antibiotics, including the most powerful class called carbapenems, and experts say there are no new drugs on the horizon to tackle it.
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NDM-1 makes bacteria highly resistant to almost all antibiotics, including the most powerful class called carbapenems, and experts say there are no new drugs on the horizon to tackle it.
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NDM-1 makes bacteria highly resistant to almost all antibiotics, including the most powerful class called carbapenems, and experts say there are no new drugs on the horizon to tackle it.
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NDM-1 makes bacteria highly resistant to almost all antibiotics, including the most powerful class called carbapenems, and experts say there are no new drugs on the horizon to tackle it.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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NDM-1 makes bacteria highly resistant to almost all antibiotics, including the most powerful class called carbapenems, and experts say there are no new drugs on the horizon to tackle it.
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