Ceph- prefix means head.
Cephalosporins are similar to penicillin
Imagine a head sticking through a wall.
Imagine using a pen to draw a prank on someone
Cephalosporins are antibiotics which got their name from a mold in the sea near sewage
Beta-lactam antibiotics work by inhibiting cell wall formation in the bacterial organism and are the most widely used group of antibiotics
begin with cef- or ceph-
Cephalosporins treat gram positive and gram negative
B-lactams block cell wall formation
Cephalosporins target the cell wall
Beta-lactams have in common is a beta-lactam ring in their structure