beta-lactamase, β-lactamase
(bāt″ă lak′tă-mās″, -māz″)
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An enzyme that destroys the beta-lactam ring of penicillin-like antibiotics and makes them ineffective.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Beta-lactamase, Β-lactamase." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768766/1/beta_lactamase_β_lactamase.
Beta-lactamase, β-lactamase. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768766/1/beta_lactamase_β_lactamase. Accessed November 8, 2024.
Beta-lactamase, β-lactamase. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768766/1/beta_lactamase_β_lactamase
Beta-lactamase, Β-lactamase [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 November 08]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768766/1/beta_lactamase_β_lactamase.
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