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Thursday, 16 May 2024, 11:31 PM
Site: OpenLearn Create
Course: Testing for mechanisms of resistance (Fleming Fund G)
Glossary: Glossary
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Inhibitor

A substance which stops an enzyme from working, thereby neutralising it. Beta-lactamase inhibitors are drugs that are co-administered with beta-lactam antimicrobials to overcome antimicrobial resistance by inhibiting serine beta-lactamases.