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Preferred term

beta-Lactams  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • beta-Lactam

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZLSZT1X2-V

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