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Monobactams
Medical Definition: | Monocyclic, bacterially produced or semisynthetic beta-lactam antibiotics. They lack the double ring construction of the traditional beta-lactam antibiotics and can be easily synthesized. |
Guide Notes: | do not use /biosyn unless by living matter |
Previously Indexed: | Antibiotics (1966-1982),Antibiotics, Lactam (1983-1985) |
Aztreonam - A monocyclic beta-lactam antibiotic originally isolated from Chromobacterium violaceum. It is resistant to beta-lactamases and is used in gram-negative infections, especially of the meninges, bladder, and kidneys. It may cause a superinfection with gram-positive organisms. |
Monobactams Medical Definitions and Terms
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