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Immune Responsiveness to β Lactam Antibiotics

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Pharmacology of Antibiotics

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It is now well established that the penicillins and the cephalosporins, the two main groups of antibiotics containing a β lactam ring stimulate in man and in experimental animals a specific immunological response (for recent reviews see Schwartz 1969, Parker 1972, Schneider 1970).

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Dewdney, J.M., Weston, B. (1976). Immune Responsiveness to β Lactam Antibiotics. In: Williams, J.D., Geddes, A.M. (eds) Pharmacology of Antibiotics. Chemotherapy, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3123-0_37

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