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beta-Lactams Summary

557 relevant articles (46 outcomes, 49 trials/studies) found for this Bio-Agent

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.

Also Known As: 4-Thia-1-Azabicyclo(3.2.0)Heptanes; 4-Thia-1-Azabicyclo(4.2.0)Octanes; beta Lactams

Key Diseases for which beta-Lactams is Relevant

  1. Infection : 19 outcomes 17 studies in 189 results
  2. Pneumonia (Pneumonitis) : 6 outcomes 2 studies in 33 results
  3. Respiratory Tract Infections (Respiratory Tract Infection) : 4 outcomes in 20 results
  4. Hypersensitivity (Allergy) : 3 outcomes 7 studies in 66 results
  5. Bacteremia : 3 outcomes 3 studies in 17 results
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Drugs Related to beta-Lactams

  1. Aminoglycosides
  2. beta-Lactamases (beta-Lactamase)
  3. Anti-Bacterial Agents (Antibiotics)
  4. Penicillins (Penicillin)
  5. Quinolones
  6. Carbapenems (Carbapenem Antibiotics)
  7. Tetracyclines
  8. Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination (Co-Trimoxazole)
  9. Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
  10. Cephalosporins (Cephalosporin Antibiotics)
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Therapies Related to beta-Lactams

  1. Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy)
  2. Intensive Care (Surgical Intensive Care)
  3. Transplants (Transplant)
  4. Therapeutics
  5. Cholecystectomy
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