"Golden Era of Antibiotics" - Coming to an end !!!

• Main Authors: V Vinodhini (Author), T S Subashini (Author), K S Sridevi Sangeetha (Author), R Shivakumar (Author), Nafeesa Iqbal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Resistance to antibiotics is increasing at an alarming rate. This is due to superbugs, producing heterogenous groups of enzymes, β-lactamases which inactivate β-lactam antibiotics and others as well. The β-lactamase Carbapenemase, has become a threat to the Carbapenems, which were the last resort β-...