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                                                                Synonyms: meticillin
                                 
                                                         
                            
                            
                            
                                 
                                
                                methicillin is an approved drug (FDA (1971)) 
                                                        
                                                    
                                Compound class: 
                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Methicillin/meticillin, is a narrow-spectrum β-lactam antimicrobial compound that was discovered in 1960.
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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                                                                         1. DiNinno F, Muthard DA, Salzmann TN, Huber J, Kahan J, Kropp H. (1995)
                                         The discovery and synthesis of 2-biphenylcarbapenems active against methicillin resistant staphylococci. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 5: 945-948. DOI: 10.1016/0960-894X(95)00149-N  |