"beta-Lactams" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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D047090
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.589.099 D02.886.108 D03.633.100.300
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "beta-Lactams" by people in Profiles.
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Clark ST, Sinha U, Zhang Y, Wang PW, Donaldson SL, Coburn B, Waters VJ, Yau YCW, Tullis DE, Guttman DS, Hwang DM. Penicillin-binding protein 3 is a common adaptive target among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from adult cystic fibrosis patients treated with ?-lactams. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2019 May; 53(5):620-628.
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Tice AD, Khawcharoenporn T, Chow D. beta-Lactam antibiotics no longer appropriate for cellulitis. Am J Med. 2008 Nov; 121(11):e11.