Expert review of anti-infective therapy
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Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther · Dec 2005
ReviewMechanisms of resistance to beta-lactams in some common Gram-negative bacteria causing nosocomial infections.
Gram-negative bacilli remain major killers of hospitalized patients and continue to evolve new resistance mechanisms. This review describes the mechanisms of resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics from those Gram-negative pathogens most often isolated from nosocomial infections.