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--- home:othertreatments:antibacterials:betalactams [05.02.2011] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ home:othertreatments:antibacterials:betalactams [08.11.2019] – sallieq
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 The Beta-lactam antibiotics are a broad class of antibiotics that includes the penicillins and the cephalosporins. Ceftriaxone (Rocephin), a cephalosporin, is sometimes given intravenously to patients with Lyme disease.
-The Beta-lactams are ineffective against the pathogens which cause chronic disease and actually foster the growth of L-form bacteria.
+The Beta-lactams are ineffective against the pathogens which cause chronic disease as they can't enter into human cells,(({{pubmed>long:21297670}})) but perhaps more importantly actually foster the growth of L-form bacteria.
 Patients who are offered penicillin antibiotics to treat strep or other acute infections should ask for an alternative such as claforan (Cefotaxime).
 ===== Penicillins including amoxicillin =====
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 {{section>:home:othertreatments:antibacterials:highdose#high-dose_ceftriaxone_rocephin_is_ineffective&firstseconly&noheader}}
+{{tag>Other_medication}}
+==== Multiple ABx ====
+[[http://www.discoverymedicine.com/Jie-Feng/2019/03/persister-biofilm-microcolony-borrelia-burgdorferi-causes-severe-lyme-arthritis-in-mouse-model/|persistent disease: compared efficacy of 2 drug and 3 drug combination]]
 ===== Notes and comments =====
-EDIT
+FDA restricts use of cephalosporin antibiotics in livestock saying it contributes to drug-resistant bacteria in humans. http://nyti.ms/yhomPV
 ===== References =====

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