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monobactam

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monobactam /mon·o·bac·tam/ (-bak´tam)
1. a class of synthetic antibiotics with a cyclic beta-lactam nucleus.
2. a class of synthetic antibiotics having a monocyclic β nucleus.
monobactam
a group of monocyclic β-lactamase resistant antibiotics which includes aztreonam and carumonam sodium.
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Imipenem (a carbapenem) not only failed to induce expression but also inhibited induction by the adjacent monobactam, aztreonam (not shown), at subgrowth-inhibitory levels.
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