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Talk about carbapenems resistance.

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They are resistant to beta lactamase: the bacteria that secretes beta lactamase to destroy beta lactam can destroy Penicillin G but cannot destroy Carbapenems We have a newly emerging type of resistance which is a bacterium that secretes Carbapenemase (an enzyme coded by a resistant gene to Carbapenems).


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