====== Bactam =======

===== Recruitment =====
I tried to interest my friend Bactam, but it took many
years for him to see the light. Now he's got a halo! 

Source: npl-folk email from [[Askew]].

//First Issue//: Feb 1993

===== Recruits ======

None.

===== Nom =====

The nom derives from the end term of a group of bacterial produced antibiotics ( related to beta lactam antibiotics-
e.g. penicillins and cephalosporins) of which I had a part in the discovery (see NATURE 291:489-491 (1981)). They are
monocyclic beta-lactams from bacteria, from which the name comes. An analog derived from this group, aztreonam, is
currently approved and used, as a parenteral (IV/IM) agent for the therapy of serious Gram-negative bacterial infections
in man in > 60 countries.


==== Combinoms ====

No data.

===== Offices =====

No data.