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beta-Lactams

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.

Year introduced: 2005

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Tree Number(s): D02.065.589.099, D02.886.108, D03.633.100.300

MeSH Unique ID: D047090

Entry Terms:

  • beta Lactams
  • beta-Lactam
  • beta Lactam
  • 4-Thia-1-Azabicyclo(3.2.0)Heptanes
  • 4-Thia-1-Azabicyclo(4.2.0)Octanes

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