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Table. 1.

Table 1

The classification of carbapenemase and microorganism from which the enzyme was isolated

Ambler classification	Enzyme type	Microorganisms
Class A	KPC, GES, SME^a, NMC^a, IMI^a	Enterobacteriaceae P. aeruginosa
Class B	NDM, IMP, VIM, SIM	Enterobacteriaceae P. aeruginosa Acinetobacter spp.
Class D	OXA	Enterobacteriaceae (OXA-48) Acinetobacter spp. (OXA-23)

Abbreviations: KPC, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase; GES, Guiana extended spectrum β-lactamase; SME, Serratia marcescens enzyme; NMC, non-mtalloenzyme carbapenemase; IMI, imipenemase; NDM, New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase; IMP, imipenemase; VIM, Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase; SIM, Seoul imipenemase; OXA, oxacillinase

^aThe genes are presumed to be chromosome and non-mobile

Biomed Sci Letters 2023;29:109-20 https://doi.org/10.15616/BSL.2023.29.3.109