beta-lactamase KPC-2

class A carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme from carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella species; has been sequenced

Also Known As:

KPC-2 beta-lactamase

Networked: 1 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 0 trials/studies)

1.	Sepsis (Septicemia) 11/01/2004 - "A strain of an Enterobacter sp. with reduced susceptibility to imipenem, which produced a plasmid-mediated class A carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme, KPC-2 beta-lactamase, was isolated from a patient with sepsis at a Boston hospital. "

1.	Carbapenems (Carbapenem Antibiotics)
2.	Imipenem
3.	Enzymes