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Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 12e
| Section VII. Chemotherapy of Microbial Diseases > |
Chapter 53. Penicillins, Cephalosporins, and Other β-Lactam Antibiotics
Sections: Penicillins, Cephalosporins, and Other  -Lactam Antibiotics: Introduction, The Penicillins, The Cephalosporins, Other -Lactam Antibiotics, -Lactamase Inhibitors, Bibliography.
Topics Discussed: beta-lactam antibiotics; chemistry of antibacterial agents; pharmacotherapy of infectious diseases; therapy of microbial diseases; bacterial, viral, fungal, and protozoal infections.
Excerpt:"The  -lactam antibiotics are useful and frequently prescribed antimicrobial agents that share a common structure and mechanism of action: inhibition of synthesis of the bacterial peptidoglycan cell wall. The group includes penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems...."
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