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Inorganic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > beta-Lactams > Penicillins > Sulbactam
Organic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > beta-Lactams > Penicillins > Sulbactam
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 2-Ring > beta-Lactams > Penicillins > Sulbactam
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Lactams > beta-Lactams > Penicillins > Sulbactam
... > Organic Chemicals > Amides > Lactams > beta-Lactams > Penicillins > Sulbactam

Preferred term

Sulbactam  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Penicillanic Acid Sulfone
  • Sulfone, Penicillanic Acid

Scope note

  • A beta-lactamase inhibitor with very weak antibacterial action. The compound prevents antibiotic destruction of beta-lactam antibiotics by inhibiting beta-lactamases, thus extending their spectrum activity. Combinations of sulbactam with beta-lactam antibiotics have been used successfully for the therapy of infections caused by organisms resistant to the antibiotic alone.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013407

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