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Friday, 3 May 2024, 10:16 AM
Site: OpenLearn Create
Course: Introducing a One Health approach to AMR (Fleming Fund I)
Glossary: Glossary
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third-generation cephalosporin (3GC)

A family of bactericidal beta lactam antibiotics that disrupt the formation of the bacterial cell wall. The term ‘third-generation’ is used because they result from two rounds of chemical modifications of the original cephalosporin molecule.