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Carbapenems are a class of very effective antibiotic agents most commonly used for treatment of severe bacterial infections. This class of antibiotics is usually reserved for known or suspected multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections. Similar to penicillins and cephalosporins, carbapenems are members of the beta-lactam antibiotics drug ...
Amoxicillin is an antibiotic used to treat some bacterial infections. [3] It is one of the most common antibiotics given to children. [4] It may be given for middle ear infection, strep throat, pneumonia, skin infections, and urinary tract infections among others. [3] It is taken by mouth, or less commonly by injection.
Beta-lactam. A beta-lactam ( β-lactam) ring is a four-membered lactam. [1] A lactam is a cyclic amide, and beta -lactams are named so because the nitrogen atom is attached to the β-carbon atom relative to the carbonyl. The simplest β-lactam possible is 2-azetidinone. β-lactams are significant structural units of medicines as manifested in ...
Antibiotics. Testin the susceptibility o Staphylococcus aureus tae antibiotics bi the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method – antibiotics diffuse frae antibiotic-containin disks an inhibit growth o S. aureus, resultin in a zone o inhibeetion. Antibiotics or antibacterials are a type o antimicrobial uised specifically against bacteria, [1] [2] an ...
Antimicrobial. An antimicrobial is an agent that kills microorganisms or stops their growth. [1] Antimicrobial medicines can be grouped according to the microorganisms they act primarily against. For example, antibiotics are used against bacteria, and antifungals are used against fungi. They can also be classified according to their function.
Sir Alexander Fleming FRS FRSE FRCS [1] (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance, which he named penicillin. His discovery in 1928 of what was later named benzylpenicillin (or penicillin G) from the mould Penicillium rubens ...
Ertapenem is indicated for the treatment of intra-abdominal infections, community-acquired pneumonia, pelvic infections, and diabetic foot infections, with bacteria that are susceptible to this drug, or expected to be so. It can also be used to prevent infections after colorectal surgery. In the United States it is also indicated for the ...
