Antibiotics Guide
Framework for assisting in recall and utilization:
» Selection Criteria & Limiting Factors
The penicillins share features of chemistry, mechanism of action, pharmacology, and immunologic characteristics with cephalosporins, monobactams, carbapenems, and ß-lactamase inhibitors. All are ß-lactam compounds, so named because of their unique four-membered lactam ring.
» Cephalosporins