Talk:Β-Lactam antibiotic

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Β-Lactam antibiotic article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find medical sources: Source guidelines · PubMed · Cochrane · DOAJ · Gale · OpenMD · ScienceDirect · Springer · Trip · Wiley · TWL

Archives: Index, 1: 6 months

Pharmacology Top‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Pharmacology, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Pharmacology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PharmacologyWikipedia:WikiProject PharmacologyTemplate:WikiProject Pharmacologypharmacology
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.

Medicine Mid‑importance

	Medicine portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Medicine, which recommends that medicine-related articles follow the Manual of Style for medicine-related articles and that biomedical information in any article use high-quality medical sources. Please visit the project page for details or ask questions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine.MedicineWikipedia:WikiProject MedicineTemplate:WikiProject Medicinemedicine
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Microbiology Top‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Microbiology, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Microbiology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MicrobiologyWikipedia:WikiProject MicrobiologyTemplate:WikiProject MicrobiologyMicrobiology
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.

Ideal sources for Wikipedia's health content are defined in the guideline Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine) and are typically review articles. Here are links to possibly useful sources of information about Β-Lactam antibiotic.

PubMed provides review articles from the past five years (limit to free review articles)
The TRIP database provides clinical publications about evidence-based medicine.
Other potential sources include: Centre for Reviews and Dissemination and CDC

Suggestion to Enhance β-Lactam Antibiotics Page

Hi, I’d like to suggest adding more structured content to the β-Lactam antibiotics article, especially around classification and resistance. A recent source from Theon Pharmaceuticals offers a clear explanation of the main classes—Penicillins, Cephalosporins, Carbapenems, and Monobactams—and how they work. It also covers resistance mechanisms like β-lactamase production and the use of β-lactamase inhibitors. This would make the article more useful for students and professionals alike.

Here’s the reference: Beta-Lactam Antibiotics

Would love your thoughts on including this!

Thanks,

From [Theon Pharma] Theonpharma (talk) 11:46, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]