lactamase inhibitor?

[Szatmari George]

bob_chapman at prodigy.com (MR ROBERT G CHAPMAN) writes:

>Does anyone know of a lactamase inhibitor called augmentin? It 
>supposedly inhibits lactamase prolonging survival of ampicillin or 
>analogs in culture.


Dear Bob,

augmentin is the trade name for amoxicillin and clavulanic acid.
It's the clavulanic acid acid that inhibits beta-lactamases (probably
not all of them...)

George