Mesh term beta-Lactams
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Lactams
Sulfur Compounds
Description
Four-membered cyclic AMIDES, best known for the PENICILLINS based on a bicyclo-thiazolidine, as well as the CEPHALOSPORINS based on a bicyclo-thiazine, and including monocyclic MONOBACTAMS. The BETA-LACTAMASES hydrolyze the beta lactam ring, accounting for BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE of infective bacteria.Browse to child terms:
Carbapenems
Cephalosporins
Clavulanic Acids
Monobactams
Moxalactam
Penicillins
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