"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 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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ß-lactam resistance: The role of low molecular weight penicillin binding proteins, ß-lactamases and ld-transpeptidases in bacteria associated with respiratory tract infections. IUBMB Life. 2018 09; 70(9):855-868.
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The order of administration of macrolides and beta-lactams may impact the outcomes of hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia: results from the community-acquired pneumonia organization. Infect Dis (Lond). 2018 Jan; 50(1):13-20.
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Antimicrobial susceptibility testing in predicting the presence of carbapenemase genes in Enterobacteriaceae in South Africa. BMC Infect Dis. 2016 Oct 04; 16(1):536.
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Single report of ß-lactam resistance in an invasive Haemophilus influenzae isolate from South Africa mediated by mutations in penicillin-binding protein 3, 2003-2008. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2010 Nov; 36(5):480-2.
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Comment on: Best in class: a good principle for antibiotic usage to limit resistance development? J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Oct; 60(4):901; author reply 901-2.
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Appropriate use of the carbapenems. S Afr Med J. 2004 Oct; 94(10 Pt 2):857-61.
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In vitro activity of faropenem against respiratory pathogens. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2002 Mar; 49(3):575-7.