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Synthetic antibiotic class
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Carbacephems are a class of synthetic antibiotics, based on the structure of cephalosporin, a cephem. Carbacephems are similar to cephems, but with a carbon substituted for the sulfur.[1]
It prevents bacterial cell division by inhibiting cell wall synthesis.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Medscape.com". Retrieved 2008-12-29.
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