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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2022

The Chemical Relationship Among Beta-Lactam Antibiotics and Potential Impacts on Reactivity and Decomposition.

Jonathan Turner, Alyssa Muraoka, Michael Bedenbaugh, Blaine Childress, Lauren Pernot, Mark Wiencek, Yuri K Peterson

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Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
12.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. β-Lactam Ylidenes: An Overlooked Class of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025
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  19. Revisiting the Metallo-International journal of microbiology · 2025
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  20. Novel Variant of New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase (Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jonathan TurnerCollege of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States.
Alyssa MuraokaCollege of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States.
Michael BedenbaughIntramed Plus, West Columbia, SC, United States.
Blaine ChildressSouth Carolina Research Authority, Greenville, SC, United States.
Lauren PernotContec, Inc., Spartanburg, SC, United States.
Mark WiencekContec, Inc., Spartanburg, SC, United States.
Yuri K PetersonCollege of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States.
Medical University of South Carolina · USSouth Carolina Research Authority · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beta-lactam antibiotics remain one of the most commonly prescribed drug classes, but they are limited by their propensity to cause hypersensitivity reactions (e.g., from allergy to anaphylaxis) as well as by the emergence of bacteria with a myriad of resistance mechanisms such as β-lactamases. While development efforts continue to focus on overcoming resistance, there are ongoing concerns regarding cross-contamination of β-lactams during manufacturing and compounding of these drugs. Additionally, there is a need to reduce levels of drugs such as β-lactam antibiotics in waste-water to mitigate the risk of environmental exposure. To help address future development of effective remediation chemistries and processes, it is desired to better understand the structural relationship among the most common β-lactams. This study includes the creation of a class-wide structural ordering of the entire β-lactam series, including both United States Food and Drug Association (US-FDA)-approved drugs and experimental therapies. The result is a structural relational map: the "Lactamome," which positions each substance according to architecture and chemical end-group. We utilized a novel method to compare the structural relationships of β-lactam antibiotics among the radial cladogram and describe the positioning with respect to efficacy, resistance to hydrolysis, reported hypersensitivity, and Woodward height. The resulting classification scheme may help with the development of broad-spectrum treatments that reduce the risk of occupational exposure and negative environmental impacts, assist practitioners with avoiding adverse patient reactions, and help direct future drug research.

Indexed as

antibiotic allergy (including penicillin and cephalosporin β-lactams)antimicrobial activitychemical informaticsdeactivationdecompositionhydrolysislactam antibiotics

Identifiers

PMID35401470
PMCPMC8988990
OpenAlexW4221054046

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