Beta Lactams are a group of antibiotics including: penicillins, cephalosporins, carbapenems and monobactams. They are characterized by a special beta lactam ring structure made of four major component [..]

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-L [..]

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.

A group of antimicrobial agents that work on the cell wall of gram positive and some gram-negative bacteria