Confers resistance to many beta-lactam antibiotics, including some carbapens. Does not confer resistance to the polymixin colistin or the fluoroquinolone ciprofloxacin.
Emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in India, Pakistan, and the UK a molecular, biological, and epidemiological study.Kumarasamy K.K., Toleman M.A., Walsh T.R., Bagaria J., Butt F., Balakrishnan R., Chaudhary U., Doumith M., Giske C.G., Irfan S., Krishnan P., Kumar A.V., Maharjan S., Mushtaq S., Noorie T., Paterson D.L., Pearson A., Perry C. , Pike R., Rao B., Ray U., Sarma J.B., Sharma M., Sheridan E., Thirunarayan M.A., Turton J., Upadhyay S., Warner M., Welfare W., Livermore D.M., Woodford N.Lancet Infect. Dis. 10:597-602(2010)
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