β-Lactamase Genes without Limits

Thierry Naas^{1

2

3}, Laura Dabos^{1

4}, Rémy A Bonnin^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Team ReSIST, INSERM U1184, Université Paris Saclay, CEA, Inserm, Immunologie des Maladies Virales, Auto-Immunes, Hématologiques et Bactériennes (IMVA-HB/IDMIT), 92265 Fontenay-Aux-Roses & Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
² Service de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP Paris-Saclay, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
³ French National Reference Center for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, Hôpital Bicêtre, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
⁴ Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA) Vía de Servicio M-40 (Campus de Montegancedo) KM 38, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain.

Editorial

Thierry Naas et al. Microorganisms. 2023.

. 2023 May 4;11(5):1200.

doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11051200.

Thierry Naas^{1

2

3}, Laura Dabos^{1

4}, Rémy A Bonnin^{1

2

3}

¹ Team ReSIST, INSERM U1184, Université Paris Saclay, CEA, Inserm, Immunologie des Maladies Virales, Auto-Immunes, Hématologiques et Bactériennes (IMVA-HB/IDMIT), 92265 Fontenay-Aux-Roses & Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
² Service de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Hôpital Bicêtre, AP-HP Paris-Saclay, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
³ French National Reference Center for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, Hôpital Bicêtre, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
⁴ Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA) Vía de Servicio M-40 (Campus de Montegancedo) KM 38, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain.

Abstract

β-Lactams are among the most prescribed antibiotics worldwide, mainly due to their weak toxicity and good efficacy [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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