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Amoxicillin is a semisynthetic antibiotic with in vitro bactericidal activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Amoxicillin is, however, susceptible to degradation by beta-lactamases, and therefore, the spectrum of activity does not include organisms which produce these enzymes. Clavulanic acid is a beta-lactam, structurally related to the penicillins, which possesses the ability to inactivate some beta-lactamase enzymes commonly found in microorganisms resistant to penicillins and cephalosporins. In particular, it has good activity against the clinically important plasmid-mediated beta-lactamases frequently responsible for transferred drug resistance.<ref name="dailymed.nlm.nih.gov">{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = AUGMENTIN (AMOXICILLIN AND CLAVULANATE POTASSIUM) TABLET, FILM COATED AUGMENTIN (AMOXICILLIN AND CLAVULANATE POTASSIUM) POWDER, FOR SUSPENSION [DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES INC] | url = http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/lookup.cfm?setid=174cc098-fe49-4f1a-87e2-601c7573f0db | publisher = | date = | accessdate}}</ref> | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamed Moubarak, M.D. [2]
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Mechanism of Action
Amoxicillin is a semisynthetic antibiotic with in vitro bactericidal activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Amoxicillin is, however, susceptible to degradation by beta-lactamases, and therefore, the spectrum of activity does not include organisms which produce these enzymes. Clavulanic acid is a beta-lactam, structurally related to the penicillins, which possesses the ability to inactivate some beta-lactamase enzymes commonly found in microorganisms resistant to penicillins and cephalosporins. In particular, it has good activity against the clinically important plasmid-mediated beta-lactamases frequently responsible for transferred drug resistance.[1]