Monobactams

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Aztreonam. (The square is the beta-lactam. There is a second thiazole ring, but it is not fused to the beta-lactam ring)
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Aztreonam. (The square is the beta-lactam. There is a second thiazole ring, but it is not fused to the beta-lactam ring)

Monobactams are beta-lactam antibiotics wherein the beta-lactam ring is alone, and not fused to another ring (in contrast to most other beta-lactams, which have at least two rings). An example is aztreonam.

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Glycopeptides (J01, and others) edit

Macrolides: Azithromycin, Clarithromycin, Dirithromycin, Erythromycin, Roxithromycin

Others: Aztreonam, Monobactam, Teicoplanin, Vancomycin
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