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MeSH Heading: beta-Lactam Resistance
Tree Number(s): G06.099.225.500; G06.225.347.500; G07.690.773.984.269.347.500
Unique ID: D018440
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018440
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Scope Note: Nonsusceptibility of bacteria to the action of the beta-lactam antibiotics. Mechanisms responsible for beta-lactam resistance may be degradation of antibiotics by BETA-LACTAMASES, failure of antibiotics to penetrate, or low-affinity binding of antibiotics to targets.
Entry Term(s): beta-Lactam Resistant; beta-Lactamase Resistance; beta-Lactamase Resistant
Previous Indexing: Drug Resistance, Microbial (1974-1994); Lactams/pharmacology (1974-1994)
See Also: Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
Public MeSH Note: 1995
History Note: 1995
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/01/25
Revision Date: 2017/02/07

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethnology (EH)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Concept UI: M0027663
Scope Note: Nonsusceptibility of bacteria to the action of the beta-lactam antibiotics. Mechanisms responsible for beta-lactam resistance may be degradation of antibiotics by BETA-LACTAMASES, failure of antibiotics to penetrate, or low-affinity binding of antibiotics to targets.
Terms: beta-Lactam Resistance Preferred Term
Term UI T054932
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); beta-Lactam Resistant
Term UI T000909648
Date10/14/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); beta-Lactamase Resistance
Term UI T000909650
Date10/14/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); beta-Lactamase Resistant
Term UI T000909651
Date10/14/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

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