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Beta-lactam antibiotics. Î²-Lactam antibiotics are the most widely used class of drugs for the treatment of bacterial infections and have been prescribed for over 70 years (Crowder, Spencer, & Vila, 2006; Daumann, Schenk, & Gahan, 2014; Page & Badarau, 2008; Phelan et al., 2014). From: Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology, 2014
Beta-lactamase-producing bacteria (BLPB) may have an important clinical role in infections. These organisms can be pathogenic in causing the infection as well as have an indirect effect through their ability to produce the enzyme BL into their environment.