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β-lactam antibiotics, with a history far longer than most people imagine, date back to antiquity in Greece, China and other countries [1]. They were first documented with scientific precision by Alexander Fleming in 1929 [2], and were developed to the stage of large-scale production for clinical use by H.W. Florey and his collaborators [3].
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Matsuhashi, M. et al. (1997). β-Lactams and Other Innovative New Approaches for Controlling Bacterial Populations. In: Busse, WD., Labischinski, H., Zeiler, HJ. (eds) Antibacterial Therapy: Achievements, Problems and Future Perspectives. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60803-2_2
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