Beta Lactam Antibiotics, their Mechanism of Actions, Uses and Side Effects
There are different categories of an antibiotics exists, beta-lactam antibiotics are one of them, β -lactam antibiotics are the antibiotics belongs to broad spectrum antibiotics. All the antibiotics which belongs to beta-lactam antibiotics have a common ring in molecular structures known as beta-lactam ring. β -lactam antibiotics basically includes the penams - having thiazolidine rings (penicillin derivatives), Carbapenems- having pyrrole ring, monobactams and cephems- having thiazine ring (cephalosporins). Mechanism of Action of Beta-lactam antibiotics All the antibiotics containing β -lactam ring worked by inhibition of biosysnthesis of cell wall present in bacteria that results in death of the bacteria. When to take beta-lactam antibiotics? These antibiotics are taken when we face ant of the following infectious conditions: Lyme disease Thyphoid fever Joint infections Cystitis Pyelonephritis Pneumonia Bronchitis Sterptococcal tonsillitis Side eff