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Abstract
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.
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5 entry terms
- beta-Lactam
- beta Lactam
- beta Lactams
- 4-Thia-1-Azabicyclo(3.2.0)Heptanes
- 4-Thia-1-Azabicyclo(4.2.0)Octanes
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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History Note
2005; use LACTAMS 1996-2004
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- Lactams (1974-2004)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. beta-Lactams. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D047090. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D047090
- beta-Lactams. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92-Lactam
- beta-Lactams. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41873